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On April 20, 2023, the giant SpaceX Starship rocket booster vehicle proudly made its first flight, although the huge and hugely expensive rocket blew up only four minutes into that maiden flight!
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On April 20, 2023, the giant SpaceX Starship rocket booster vehicle proudly made its first flight, although the huge and hugely expensive rocket blew up only four minutes into that maiden flight!
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-sometimes-rockets-blow-up
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_March_3B_pitches_over_2_seconds_into_launch.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_Challenger_Launch_and_Breakup.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpaceX_Starship_IFT-1_NASA_WB-57_Cam_4.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starship_IFT2_NASA_Video_2_Part_1.webm
The images by jackyuan08 available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starship_IFT-3_Liftoff.webm and by Luis Martinez available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spacex_launch_April_20_2023.webm are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
The images by FloraFallenrose available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SuperHeavyLaunchers.png and by NASA available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemis_III_Concept_of_Operations_October_2023.png are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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