"SpaceX Starship Launch: Highlights, Report, and Future Plans"

Recently released footage shows the first test launch of SpaceX's fully stacked Starship, which took place on April 20, 2023, from the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The launch was largely obscured by a massive cloud of smoke, dust, and debris, but the new footage provides close-up, high-definition views from liftoff to mission abort that were not seen during the livestream. Starship is part of NASA's plans for its Artemis 3 mission, which will land astronauts on the moon for the first time in over half a century. Though the first fully integrated test flight ended in an explosion, SpaceX and its CEO, Elon Musk, view it as a success and are already planning the next launch.