Watch: SpaceX Starship explodes minutes after launch

Last Updated: Mar 07 2025 | 12:51 PM IST

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX faced another setback as its Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday (local time). Minutes after it was launched from Texas, SpaceX lost control of the spacecraft, with engines cut off, thereby forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause air traffic in parts of Florida. After the explosion, videos surfaced on social media and showed fiery debris ‘streaking through the dusk skies’ near South Florida and the Bahamas. The agency had to issue ground stops at the Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Orlando airports because of the falling debris.

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