{"id":690608,"date":"2026-05-24T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690608\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:52:10","slug":"video-spacex-starship-explodes-in-indian-ocean-after-splashdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690608\/","title":{"rendered":"Video. SpaceX Starship explodes in Indian Ocean after splashdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX launched its upgraded Starship V3 rocket from Starbase, Texas, on Friday in the latest test of the world\u2019s largest and most powerful rocket system. <\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Video showed the spacecraft descending into the Indian Ocean before exploding after splashdown, a result SpaceX said was planned. <\/p>\n<p>The roughly hourlong flight achieved most of its key objectives, including the deployment of mock Starlink satellites, although both rocket stages experienced engine failures during the mission. <\/p>\n<p>Crowds gathered in Texas cheered as the launch successfully lifted off after a one-day delay caused by a hydraulic issue at the launch tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX launched its upgraded Starship V3 rocket from Starbase, Texas, on Friday in the latest test of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[252503,252499,252507,49,48,66,252504,252508,252500,306,252506,252510,252502,252505,252509,252501],"class_list":["post-690608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-id10231","tag-id13816","tag-id18482","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-slugexplosion","tag-slugrocket","tag-slugspacex","tag-space","tag-titleexplosion","tag-titlerocket","tag-titlespacex","tag-urlsafevalueexplosion","tag-urlsafevaluerocket","tag-urlsafevaluespacex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}