learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months. starship has been in development for years, and the plan is for it to take people to the moon and eventually mars. it s radically different from other rockets. this is the starship launch system. it stands 120 metres tall that s nearly 400 feet. it has two main parts. at the bottom is the superheavy booster, which has a huge number of engines 33 of them. above this is the starship spacecraft. this can carry cargo or crew. spacex says up to 100 people. what s unique is both components will be fully reusable. explosions at spacex aren t unusual. they say it s all part of the learning process. there s been a lot of develop and fly. design and fly. that s been costly in terms of hardware failures. spacex has said it s been extremely valuable in terms
there was blood everywhere in the house. norah: want american killed in sudan, as the u.s. physiciane embassy evacuation. we advise americans not to travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex s starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. norah: eye on america. arizona is facing a water crisis. wy a foreign country could be making the problem worse. so when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? i see money leaving america. norah: and major league move for the oakland a s may soon call home.
rocket this morning. the most powerful to get off the ground. icing on the cake oh. sandra: the rocket exploded shortly after liftoff over the gulf of mexico, but not a total failure. judging by the reaction of mission control in texas, spacex crew members cheering even as the debris plummeted back to case. you heard this brief gasp and then mostly cheers. this is the excitement is because this is the first time spacex was able to test fly its starship spacecraft while it was attached to the super heavy rocket booster that one day will launch it into space. spacex employees and spectators cheered as starship lifted off from the coast, but four minutes into flight it failed to separate from the booster after
SpaceX has made final preparations to launch its new Starship rocket system to space for the first time, on a brief but highly anticipated uncrewed test flight. Monday s uncrewed demonstration will lift off from the SpaceX facility at Boca Chica in Texas
In a major step towards sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, SpaceX completed an engine-firing test at the rocket's launch pad in south Texas last week