SpaceX’s giant rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas launch site

Elon Musk's giant SpaceX Starship rocket leaves large craters and causes serious damage at Texas base

The thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.

Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base

Repairing the damage from Thursday’s unmanned test flight is expected to take months. Read more at straitstimes.com.. Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base.

Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base

Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship—the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built—inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.

Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base

SpaceX engineers may have underestimated the damage that Starship’s 33 first-stage rocket engines would do to its Texas launch site.

SpaceX’s giant rocket leaves crater, serious damage at launch site

SpaceX engineers may have underestimated the damage that Starship’s rocket engines would do to the Texas launch site.

Giant SpaceX rocket leaves crater, serious damage at Texas base

SpaceX may have underestimated the damage that Starship's first-stage rocket would do