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UNCOVERED: Spacex celebrated starship s 1st launch some locals called it truly terrifying | History Defined

a massive cloud of dust is kicked up by a huge rocket on a launch pad

The world's largest, most powerful rocket caused some serious mayhem during its first launch.

SpaceX's massive fully-integrated Starship launch vehicle lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase test facility in Boca Chica, Texas on April 20 at 9:33 a.m. EDT (1333 GMT; 8:33 a.m. local Texas time). Starship then flew for just over four minutes on its first orbital test flight — complete with somersaults — before automated systems initiated a destructive abort procedure and caused the rocket to explode. 

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