Everything We Noticed During SpaceX Starship’s Explosive Debut Launch

The delegacy survive for just four minute , but the fervent debut of SpaceX ’s Starship resulted in stunning visuals and an abundance of new head .

The fully integrate Starship megarocket blast off at 9:33 a.m. ET on Thursday , April 20 , from SpaceX ’s launch readiness in Boca Chica , Texas . The inaugural mission did n’t go as plan , with the rocket enter into a fatal tumble that coerce ground restrainer to make out a ego - destruct command at the 3:59 mark of the mission .

Many observer greet the failed commission with sizeable doses of schadenfreude , as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has done much lately to draw in the public ’s ire . The Eruca sativa did burst forth prematurely above the Gulf of Mexico , that is honest , but this solvent was not all unexpected . It is garden rocket science , after all ; SpaceX will take from this mission and move on , just like it did when develop Falcon 9 , presently the world ’s most dependable medium - lift projectile . With that said , here are some cardinal things we notice during the curtly - lived mission .

Starship during its maiden launch, April 20, 2023.