Watch how SpaceX launched Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built, on its first orbital flight

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Starship minutes before the launch attempt that was aborted on April 17, 2023.

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Elon Musk's prized Starship mega-rocket exploded into a fireball on its first attempt to launch into space

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Starship and its Super Heavy booster explode while tumbling through the air, in a SpaceX livestream on April 20, 2023.

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A look back on Elon Musk's middle-school humor: from jokes about 420 and 69 to 'Titter'

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Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 21st annual Halloween party at Sake No Hana at Moxy Lower East Side on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Elon Musk has a number of go-to jokes involving 420 and 69.

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Mysterious glowing 'SpaceX spirals' in the night sky seem to be linked to rocket launches

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In this photo provided by Christopher Hayden, a light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appears amid the aurora for a few minutes in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks, Saturday, April 15, 2023.
In this photo provided by Christopher Hayden, a light baby blue spiral appears amid the aurora for a few minutes in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks, on April 15, 2023.

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Elon Musk joked that if aliens came to earth he would get the most-liked tweet of all time, and that he's 'very familiar with space stuff'

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Elon Musk looks at his phone with a display of a space capsule entering orbit behind him.
Elon Musk.

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I trained SpaceX astronauts for a NASA mission. Being responsible for their safety was stressful, but preparing my friends for space was an honor.

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Laura Crabtree spoke to Insider about her job as an astronaut trainer at Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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Elon Musk holds the keys to the moon because SpaceX's Starship megarocket launch is crucial to NASA's return

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Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.
Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.

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Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and 'guaranteeing excitement'

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (left) said Starship may not reach orbit on its first attempt. That could mean it explodes, like previous Starship prototypes (right).

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Elon Musk made Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2023 list — but was called an 'online troll' fiddling on a 'toxic violin' while Twitter 'burns'

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Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City.
Elon Musk attends Time's Person of the Year event on December 13, 2021 in New York City.

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Elon Musk says Warren Buffett should run the US Treasury - and the investor could do the job in under 1 hour per week

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Warren Buffett.

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