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Video: el impactante momento en que explotó el propulsor del cohete de SpaceX tras el exitoso lanzamiento

La empresa SpaceX volvió a sacudir el mundo aeroespacial este viernes con el lanzamiento de la última versión de su megacohete Starship, en un vuelo de prueba que mantuvo en vilo a empleados, especialistas y fanáticos de la exploración espacial.
El despegue, que se realizó desde Texas tras dos postergaciones por fallas técnicas, fue un éxito hasta que el amerizaje terminó en una explosión que sorprendió a todos.
El vuelo duró más de 65 minutos y fue seguido en vivo por miles de personas. El cohete despegó poco después de las 17.30 (hora de Texas) y, según confirmaron desde la empresa, las dos partes del aparato se separaron correctamente.
Sin embargo, el propulsor no completó la combustión prevista y cayó de manera rápida e incontrolada en el golfo de México.
Aunque la compañía no tenía planes de recuperarlo intacto, sí contaba con hacerlo amerizar en un punto concreto.
Asú fue el lanzamiento dell cohete Starship. (Foto: REUTERS/Steve Nesius).
“¡Amerizaje confirmado!”, escribió la empresa en X. En el video se puede escuchar cómo el control de misión celebró el amerizaje de la nave en el océano Índico, tal como estaba planeado.
Los aplausos dejaron lugar a algunos gritos de sorpresa cuando la nave explotó tras tocar el agua.
El vuelo de Starship: éxito, susto y un paso más cerca de la Luna
El portavoz de SpaceX, Dan Huot, explicó durante la transmisión que el cohete no se encontraba exactamente en la órbita correcta por un fallo en uno de sus motores.
Para compensar, los otros cinco motores funcionaron más tiempo de lo previsto. “Yo no lo llamaría una inserción orbital nominal”, reconoció Huot, aunque aclaró que la trayectoria estaba “dentro de los márgenes preestablecidos”.
Mientras tanto, los empleados de SpaceX estallaron en júbilo cuando la nave comenzó a desplegar un conjunto de satélites de prueba y dos satélites Starlink especialmente modificados, equipados con cámaras para analizar el escudo térmico del artefacto.
El propio Elon Musk celebró el logro en X y calificó el vuelo de “épico”. “Marcaron un gol para la humanidad”, escribió el magnate, que sigue apostando fuerte por el futuro de la exploración espacial.
Un lanzamiento clave para el futuro de SpaceX y la carrera lunar
El lanzamiento de este viernes fue el duodécimo vuelo de prueba de Starship, siete meses después del anterior. Con sus 124 metros de altura, el nuevo modelo es el más grande hasta ahora y representa una apuesta fuerte de la compañía, que acaba de presentar la documentación para salir a la Bolsa. La oferta pública inicial (OPI) se espera para junio y podría romper récords.
Pero hay mucho más en juego: SpaceX tiene un contrato con la NASA para desarrollar una versión modificada de Starship destinada a los programas lunares. La agencia espacial estadounidense planea enviar astronautas a la Luna en 2028 y busca adelantarse a China, que también quiere lograr una misión tripulada antes de 2030.

El lanzamiento de Starship fue exitoso (Foto:REUTERS/Steve Nesius).
El experto aeroespacial Clayton Swope, del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales, destacó que “la versión mejorada de Starship hizo la mayor parte de lo que SpaceX esperaba que hiciera durante el lanzamiento”, aunque advirtió que pasó bastante tiempo desde el último vuelo de prueba.
Tras la prueba, el director de la NASA, Jared Isaacman, publicó en X: “Un paso más cerca de la Luna… un paso más cerca de Marte”.
La competencia por conquistar la Luna y el futuro de la exploración espacial
Tanto SpaceX como su rival Blue Origin (la empresa de Jeff Bezos) están ajustando sus estrategias para priorizar los proyectos lunares. La NASA planea probar en 2027 un encuentro en órbita entre su nave y uno o dos módulos lunares, con el objetivo de concretar un alunizaje tripulado antes de que termine 2028.
El vuelo de Starship fue un paso clave en esa carrera, aunque el final explosivo dejó en claro que los desafíos técnicos siguen presentes. Para SpaceX, cada prueba es una apuesta fuerte: el futuro de la empresa, su salida a la Bolsa y la conquista de la Luna están en juego.
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AOC-backed candidate ripped for ‘bizarre response’ to transparency question: ‘Pretty basic’

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Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, says he’s waiting on outstanding paperwork needed to accurately fill out his tax disclosure forms.
El-Sayed’s statement appears to be trying to defuse allegations from his opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, that he is trying to mask his net worth, hiding the true nature of his wealth until after the Michigan Aug. 4 Democratic primary.
«You’ve sought an extension through August 13, I believe, which is after the primary,» El-Sayed, who is endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other far-left lawmakers, was asked on Wednesday. «Was this to avoid transparency with your voters? Why not release them before the election?»
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Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., takes the stage at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
«No,» El-Sayed replied. «Taxes get complicated.»
«My wife and her family own property abroad and getting all those tax forms is a thing,» he added.
As a part of his candidate disclosure report filed in June 2025, El-Sayed has reported a number of holdings. Among them: a salary from Wayne County worth $278,900 and an assortment of other assets bringing his net worth to somewhere between $580,000 and $1.7 million.
As a part of that disclosure, his wife reported a rental property in Bangalore, India worth between $100,001 and $250,000. The disclosure went on to say that his wife brought in between $5,001 and $15,000 in «income.» Another rental property in Ann Arbor, Michigan that was worth between $250,001 $500,000 brought in between $5,001 and $15,000.
To some viewers, El-Sayed’s responses this past week are confusing, given the existence of his 2025 filings.
«A bizarre response,» Chuck Ross, a Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter, wrote in a post to X. «He filed a Senate financial disclosure in June 2025 that listed his wife’s rental property in India.»
«When it comes to actual transparency and investment, the fact that he is saying ‘my wife has foreign assets. My wife has investments abroad.’ Look we need to know you have allegiance to the United States of America,» Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Fox News. «You need to come before the people that are working to elect you and you’ve got to show them what you’re about.»
«If you have nothing to hide, then just release the tax returns. These Trump tactics are an extremely bad look,» another observer wrote.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a progressive champion, endorsed far left candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s high-profile 2026 Democratic Senate primary. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Hen Mazzig, a pro-Israel political commentator, also bashed El-Sayed’s response.
«Didn’t realize being unaware of the extent of your own wealth was a characteristic of the working class,» Mazzig said, referring to El-Sayed’s promises to represent everyday Michigan voters against corporate interests.
El-Sayed’s responses on Wednesday come after the Michigan primary debate on Tuesday evening, where Stevens accused El-Sayed of a lack of candor.
«Well, look, transparency is oh so important. This is why I have released my tax returns. My opponent, Abdul, he said that transparency is key, but yet he hasn’t released his tax returns,» Stevens said.
«Look, I am the only one running for United States Senate in Michigan who is not a millionaire,» Stevens said.
When asked if Stevens’ assertions were true, El-Sayed hinted that the figure was a little ambiguous.
«If you take my assets and my wife’s assets together, then I guess they add up to something like that,» El-Sayed said in his Wednesday interview.
In another sit-down with MS Now, El-Sayed pledged to release his tax documents ahead of the primary.
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U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and embraced comparisons between he and Zohran Mamdani. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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«We absolutely will. Sometimes finances are complicated. I can only control what I can control, and unfortunately, when it comes to tax documents, sometimes they are really complicated to get,» El-Sayed said.
«We are absolutely going to release it before the primary.»
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Fury erupts as US brand fires 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas

Boston federal judge blocks Trump fee for H-1B visas
A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, stating it is an unauthorized tax without congressional approval. The policy, enacted last year, drastically increased the fee from $2,000-$5,000 to prioritize U.S. citizens. The White House plans to appeal the decision.
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A popular U.S.-based gaming brand owned by Microsoft is facing fury after mass employee layoffs occurred in the wake of the company being approved for thousands of foreign worker visas.
Microsoft announced that it will lay off 4,800 people total and 1,600 from the corporation’s XBOX division, which makes and sells the dominant video game console.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been approved this year to hire from foreign countries 2,273 employer-sponsored, non-immigrant workers under what is known as the H-1B visa program, according to data from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Furious online critics claim that American jobs are being unfairly handed to foreigners in an effort to cut labor costs but at the cost of leaving U.S. workers in the lurch.
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Asha Sharma, chief executive officer of Xbox,, during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The event brings together the leading CEOs, investors and innovators who are harnessing technology to change the world around us. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«A great way to fix this is to throw anyone doing this in prison,» said one user on X. «Fire Americans to replace with thousands of visa workers? Straight to jail, and assets seized. This story has been told countless times. Fire American staff and hire foreigners. Over and over.»
«It is the fault of our Government [sic] for approving the H-1Bs,» another social media user lamented. «Our Government [sic] has sold us out of jobs at home and those being moved to other countries.»
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Another user described the H-1B program as «industrial scale job theft from Americans.»
Microsoft is the sixth-largest beneficiary of H-1B visas, a program that is overwhelmingly dominated by workers from India. The company has even more H-1B applications pending. Microsoft has employees worldwide, but most are in the United States.
«These decisions are based on business need, not visa status. H-1B employees were also impacted by job eliminations in the U.S.,» a Microsoft spokesperson told Fox News Digital when reached for comment on the lay offs.

Fans compete in a gaming tournament at Microsoft retail store at the Florida Mall on November 21, 2013 in Orlando, Florida and another five cities across the country for a chance to win up to $25,000 in prizes and a chance to participate in a final showdown at the Jacksonville, Fla. Microsoft Store opening, featuring a performance by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Tournament finalists will receive an Ultimate Xbox One Gaming House including all launch night titles in each of the six participating stores. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Microsoft) (Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Microsoft)
«Every single employer is exploiting the H-1B visa program,» said the Project for Immigration Reform.
A lawmaker even called for a complete end to the non-immigrant visa program.
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«This is INSANE. LEGAL immigration is a major problem. These companies, especially big tech, are abusing these immigration programs to replace American workers with foreign workers,» said Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.
«No more. It’s long past time to end the H-1B scam.»
XBOX CEO Asha Sharma cited the company’s financial health for the layoffs.
«Our business today is not healthy,» said a memo from Sharma, according to The Associated Press. «We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses.»
Sharma added that her strategy is to «reset» XBOX.
Some online critics, however, claimed Sharma’s Indian heritage played a role in firing the Americans, given the percentage of H-1B workers from India. Sharma was born in Wisconsin.
Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday a large-scale investigation into H-1B visa fraud.
«Today, I’m proud to announce that the federal Department of Labor has started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the H-1B visa program,» he said during a press conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
«American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters and the Department of Labor is fighting back against it.»

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Sept. 19, 2025, establishing the «Trump Gold Card» and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The «Trump Gold Card» is a visa program that allows foreign nationals permanent residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for a $1 million investment in the United States. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Recently, President Donald Trump tried to limit employers’ use of the H-1B program by imposing a $100,000 fee for companies seeking H-1B applications.
A federal judge struck down that order, reasoning that it amounted to a tax that only Congress has the ability to impose.
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