Pressure mounts on Elon Musk as critical errors send latest Starship rocket to its doom
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Elon Musk's Starship rocket had been cruising for almost half-an-hour when it became clear something was wrong.
After blasting off on Tuesday from Starbase, SpaceX's complex on the Texas coast, Musk's rocket had successfully reached orbit and was falling back towards Earth. But as it descended, it began to spiral.
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