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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes after launch

Visitors look on as SpaceX's Starship, the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, stands ready for a scheduled launch. (Eric Gay/AP)
Visitors look on as SpaceX's Starship, the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, stands ready for a scheduled launch. (Eric Gay/AP)

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Texas Public Radio reporter Gaige Davila about the SpaceX Starship launch on Thursday. The rocket got off the launchpad before exploding above the Gulf of Mexico.

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