Was SpaceX's first attempt to launch its Starship rocket a failure?

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The immense Starship rocket made its first motorboat effort connected 20 April, but blew up soon aft – while nan ngo wasn’t a complete failure, it mightiness beryllium a while earlier we spot it effort to get to abstraction again

By Leah Crane

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This period saw nan first motorboat attempt of SpaceX’s tremendous Starship rocket – nan biggest and astir powerful rocket ever to fly. But soon aft it lifted disconnected connected 20 April, it exploded. Not ideal, but surely exciting!

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