See Elon Musk's Starship shredding apart as it descends to Earth, with a whole fin almost ripping off

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This flap on Starship looked very different at the beginning and end of the plummet back to Earth.

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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars

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SpaceX's starship-super heavy megarocket soaring to space with smoke all around it
Starship launching from Boca Chica, Texas, on its fourth test flight toward space.

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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board

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Boeing's Starliner launched two NASA astronauts toward space.

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Video of SpaceX's Starship reentry shows the ultra-hot plasma plummet back to Earth like never before

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A screengrab from Starship's reentry video shows ultra-hot plasma gathering on the spaceship's belly.

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Elon Musk was nowhere to be seen at Starship's first successful launch to orbit

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Starship is one Elon Musk's biggest pet projects, but he didn't seem to be present for its first successful launch to orbit.

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Starship's 3rd-launch success: Rocket finally soared to space without blowing up, but SpaceX lost it on reentry

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Starship launches from SpaceX's South Texas launchpad.

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SpaceX is attempting its 3rd Starship launch today. Watch live to see if the rocket explodes again or finally reaches orbit.

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The starship rocket launching.
A screengrab from SpaceX's livestream on X shows Starship lifting off for its second attempt at space.

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Watch video of SpaceX's Starship nailing a high-risk 'hot staging' maneuver just minutes before it exploded

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Stage separation success of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket.
Stage separation success of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket. This skitched image was taken from a screenshot of SpaceX's livestream on X.

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All the times SpaceX's Starship has exploded into a giant fireball

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Three previous explosions of Starship prototypes.

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SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded again. Elon Musk's Mars dreams remain grounded, for now.

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SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy rocket ready to launch.
Screenshot of SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy rocket on launch pad. This photo was taken from the SpaceX livestream on X.

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