SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket clears launch pad but explodes, beating expectations
On its first test flight Thursday morning, SpaceX’s massive, uncrewed Starship rocket roared off the launch pad, soared into the south Texas sky for a few minutes, but ultimately exploded into a trail of smoke.
The explosive end to the test — the latest in the company’s years-long development program, but the first with the Starship spacecraft stacked atop the rocket’s Super Heavy first-stage…