SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row
A SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after it was launched from Texas on Thursday, grounding flights and triggering warnings about falling spaceship debris. SpaceX confirmed the un-crewed ship had suffered "a rapid unscheduled disassembly" during its ascent into space, and lost contact with the ground.
Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video)
"The light show was completely silent — we didn’t hear anything. But the reflection on the water from the burning debris was quite pretty!"
SpaceX debris grounds flights at South Florida airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued temporary flight restrictions for both airports after SpaceX confirmed that its Starship vehicle suffered a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
SpaceX Starship rocket lost during 8th test flight, debris shoots through sky
SpaceX's eighth flight test of its Starship spacecraft ended with a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," the company said. Contact with the ship was lost about nine minutes after the launch.
Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts Starship Flight 8 After Explosion Rained Debris Over the Atlantic
Thursday's test flight, with the launch window opening at 6:30 p.m. ET, will attempt to deploy four Starlink simulators from the megarocket.
Debris streaks across sky after SpaceX rocket explodes
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on March 6, with eyewitness footage from the Bahamas capturing fiery debris falling from the sky.
Eerie video of Starship falling from space in flames shows why Florida planes were briefly grounded
SpaceX lost the video feed from Starship as it spiraled out of control, but an amateur astronomer in Florida recorded its explosive fall from space.
FAA says SpaceX Starship explosion disrupted nearly 240 flights
The Federal Aviation Administration said the explosion of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft disrupted about 240 flights Thursday, including requiring more two dozen airplanes to divert over space debris concerns.
Another SpaceX test flight ends in flames, with debris grounding planes
This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s vision of eventually colonizing Mars.
Another SpaceX Starship Explodes, Debris Prompts Ground Stops at Fla. Airports
The eighth flight test for SpaceX's massive rocket follows the pattern of the seventh: a successful booster catch but a failed upper-stage burn.
SpaceX Starship explodes midflight, sending debris to the ground
Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on the explosion of SpaceX’s Starship on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
Map Shows Where Starship Rocket Debris Fell
The last two SpaceX test flights both exploded over the Caribbean, causing debris to land on a number of islands.
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