launch pad and then started traveling east for several minutes. you can see this long giant smoke trail and then just about the three minute mark at the time that we thought that the booster was going to separate from the rocket ship. we heard another loud, thunderous explosion and bright orange light below that smoke trail. assuming now at this point, given what we know now that that was the failure of the rocket ship exploding there over the gulf of mexico. ideally if everything had gone right, this ship was supposed to travel almost around the earth. falling into the pacific ocean around the state of hawaii, but that clearly didn t happen, so they are. we ll continue working here. and of course, all of this significant because this is the rocket ships rocket ship system that will eventually partner with nasa as it returns to the moon and eventually trying to create human travel. tomorrow so all of this intertwined with what nasa is doing, and that s
the starship to go to the moon. so they have a long way to go. but this is a good start. it is remarkable to hear how many how far things have come and shut. how far how many more steps there still are you? you and tweeted i ve been quoting tweets from you all morning administrator you treated back in february that the starship is quote integral to nasa s moon to mars architecture and helping us land astronauts on the moon. can you describe how critical spacex and this particular rocket is to nasa s missions to nasa s goals? space x won the competition for the first lander. we have another competition going rat right now that this summer we will select a second lander. but space sex has the opportunity to be the first and so at the end of 25 or early 26. after we have flown our crew of four astronauts that we announced on a flight around the moon in late
. this is the way space checks goes about. uh they test this stuff. they run it hard. sometimes it blows up. remember, they re very successful. falcon nine rocket that launches our astronauts to the international space station. several of them blew up to begin with, and now it s become a workhorse for commercial for government for nasa. so this is their motor sapporo nd people see this explosion. i mean, some might be discouraged to think it didn t work. they called it icing on the cake. after it cleared the launch pad. you called it encouraging, but just from your background in all of this is that you know, i almost called you, senator again. administrator what did you think? when you saw this? i ll take off this morning. well i was cheering as that rocket rose . uh naturally you want to see it continue. but as president,
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Total Lunar Eclipse: Check out stunning images of Super Blood Moon 2021
This Super Moon will be visible Wednesday across the Pacific offering the best viewing as well as the western half of North America, bottom of South America and eastern Asia.
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The moon is partially covered by buildings in Brasilia, Brazil, at the start of a total lunar eclipse early Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP)
People around the world stayed up Wednesday to watch a cosmic event called a super blood moon,
a combination of three celestial phenomena Lunar Eclipse, Blood Moon and a Flower Moon. The Bloodmoon visible today will be one of the biggest of the year.