HomeLocal NewsHundreds watch Starship launch at Boca Chica Beach early Thursday
Hundreds of people watch from Texas State Highway 48 as SpaceX Starship launches from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach early Thursday morning. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
At the site of the SpaceX Starship launch at Boca Chica Beach on Thursday morning, hundreds of people hoping to catch a glimpse of the launch watched from Texas State Highway 48.
What they witnessed was what SpaceX called a successful launch that four minutes later gave way to an explosion that prematurely ended plans for an orbital flight.
A man uses his cellphone while sitting on the bed of a truck as hundreds of people watch from Texas State Highway 48 as SpaceX Starship launches from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach early Thursday morning. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)Onlookers get a good look from the bed of a truck as hundreds of people watch from Texas State Highway 48 as SpaceX Starship launches from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach early Thursday morning. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)Vehicles and people line up as hundreds of people watch from Texas State Highway 48 as SpaceX Starship launches from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach early Thursday morning. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald)
