Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik experienced the first integrated launch of SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy booster from South Padre Island Amphitheater and beach in Texas on April 20, 2023. [See SpaceX's view of the launch](https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-first-space-launch)

Also see the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of the rocket from the SpaceX broadcast.

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