# The space rocket I could have been aboard explodes: Rhiannon Adam’s best photograph

- Source: Space | The Guardian
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:53:17+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/nov/11/space-rocket-explodes-rhiannon-adam-best-photograph-spacex-moon
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/the-space-rocket-i-could-have-been-aboard-explodes-rhiannon-adam-s-bes-1f115a/

‘I was chosen to go around the Moon on a SpaceX starship. Preparations took over my life. Then, four minutes into watching a rocket on a test flight, it broke apart. And that was the end of my adventure’ This photograph was taken on 20 April 2023 from the VIP section of SpaceX’s launch viewing area, looking out from South Padre Island, Texas, towards Boca Chica, a nature reserve near the Mexican b

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