The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Elon Musk's Starship sparked chaos as some airspace throughout the Caribbean was closed for an hour and a half.

The United States grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated.

Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, sending bright orange debris raining down over the Caribbean.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote of the incident on his social media platform X, sharing a video of the debris taken by a user in Turks and Caicos. SpaceX is currently investigating the precise cause of the explosion, but telemetry data from the launch ...

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket exploded midair on Thursday, after which the FAA warned pilots of dangerous debris.

Elon Musk's quest to reach Mars had a setback ... to shut down one by one during ascent. A tourist visiting Turks and Caicos filmed the rocket's explosion on camera from a beach - but appeared ...

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Government officials in Turks and Caicos said Friday that debris from a SpaceX rocket test that went awry fell over the Caribbean islands but that there have been no reported injuries so far and only minimal damages to property.

The latest test of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic,forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris.

Disruption from increasing rocket launches is becoming a growing issue for commercial airlines

Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.

Flight 7 Recap SpaceX launched Starship Flight 7 on Jan 16 in another afternoon launch. The initial ascent with Booster 14 was perfect, with no engine outs and the hot staging maneuver completed. While Ship 33 began its ascent burn, Booster 14 completed its boost back burn minus a single engine and received the “Go for Booster Return” call out.