SpaceX celebrated Starship's 1st launch. Some locals called it 'truly terrifying'
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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