The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout

Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a

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Whoopsie, SpaceX Blew Up Two Rockets and Punched a Massive Hole in One of Earth’s Layers

SpaceX’s Starship rocket performs a hot stage separation during a flight test on 18 November, 2023 (SpaceX) By Darren Orf, Published by Popular Mechanics, 5 September 2024 We learned something, though. In mid-November 2023, a disastrous SpaceX launch, which saw the explosion of not one but two rockets, offered a

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket failure forces NASA to evaluate astronaut launch schedule for ISS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on July 11, 2024. The second stage failed shortly after this picture was taken. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Elizabeth Howell, published by Space.com, 15 July 2024 A Falcon 9 rocket's second stage failed during a SpaceX Starlink satellite

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