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Fortune
Andrea Guzman

Some South Texas residents aren't celebrating the SpaceX Starship explosion

(Credit: y Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

In what was supposed to be the first voyage of the most massive rocket ever built, SpaceX's Starship experienced multiple engine failures and quickly began losing altitude and tumbling moments after launch.

It resulted in an explosion that caused residents near the launch site in South Texas to notice ashy particulates falling from the sky and vibrations in their classrooms and homes. 

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