{"id":"447a4f1b-2014-4f5d-bbf3-9985f84eea21","url":"https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/spacexs-starship-reaches-orbit-for-the-first-time-then-returns-early-and-blows-up-in-a-fiery-explosion","domain":"livescience.com","outlet":{"name":"Live Science","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early and explodes","plainHeadline":"SpaceX's Starship reached orbit and exploded upon ocean splashdown.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Starship launched from SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on Monday.","One of Starship's 33 engines failed shortly after launch.","Mission team decided to proceed to orbit; Starship entered a 170 mile high orbit.","Starlink V3 satellites were deployed before the mission ended early.","The vehicle splashed down in the Pacific and exploded shortly afterward."],"topics":["Space","Energy","Science"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T17:35:48.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T17:54:34.416Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a341516a-a67f-4725-a8be-ef60d2a491cc","storyId":"a341516a-a67f-4725-a8be-ef60d2a491cc","image":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vb5CfKwrbwq3s76V29nk3g-1920-80.jpg","author":"Patrick Pester","dek":"SpaceX got its Starship rocket into orbit, but after a tense few minutes of comms and the loss of an engine, the call was made to end the mission early."}