SpaceX rocket explodes during 1st test flight after booster fails to separate
SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Images showed several of the 33 main engines were not firing as the rocket climbed from the launch pad, reaching as high as 24 miles . There was no immediate word from SpaceX on how many engines failed to ignite or shut down prematurely. After separating, the spacecraft was supposed to attempt to circle the world, before crashing into the Pacific near Hawaii.Throngs of spectators watched from South Padre Island, several miles away from the Boca Chica Beach launch site, which was off limits. As it lifted off, the crowd screamed: “Go, baby, go!”A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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