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SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
SpaceX has blown up another Starship mega rocket on a test flight. Nearly two months since the last explosion, SpaceX launched another 403-foot Starship from Texas on Thursday, but lost contact with the spacecraft within minutes.
Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 8 megarocket test flight today
SpaceX announced a one-day delay from a targeted launch on Mar. 5 in a post on X Wednesday morning. You can watch the Flight 8 launch live here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company. Coverage will begin about 40 minutes before liftoff. Follow our live Starship Flight 8 launch updates for the latest on the mission.
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.
Another SpaceX Starship lost during test flight despite successful booster catch
“After completing the required and comprehensive safety review, the FAA determined the SpaceX Starship vehicle can return to flight operations while the investigation into the Jan. 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open,” the FAA stated. “The FAA is overseeing the SpaceX-led investigation.”
FAA investigating SpaceX Starship Flight 8 explosion that disrupted commercial flights
SpaceX's latest Starship to attempt to reach space exploded nine minutes after its launch this week, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. Airports in Florida were forced to halt flights as the threat from impacts extended south to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Astronauts watch SpaceX's Starship explode in space during flight test
Astronauts orbiting 250 miles above Earth got a front-row seat to destruction on Thursday. During a SpaceX flight test of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket and spacecraft system, NASA 's Don Pettit snapped photos from the International Space Station of the ship blowing up.
SpaceX Starship Flight 8 Suffers Same Explosive Fate as Flight 7 — Grounds Florida Flights
Back on January 16, 2025, SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 exploded after launch. Now, Starship Flight 8, which was essentially a re-do of that mission, has also exploded. Seven minutes after Starship Flight 8 was launched from the SpaceX Starbase site in South Texas, the rocket exploded. This news was confirmed by CNN .
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Test Flight Ends In Fiery Explosion
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket met a fiery end during its eighth test flight on March 6, 2025. The day began with high hopes as SpaceX prepared to launch its mammoth 123-meter (403-foot) Starship rocket.
SpaceX Starship explosion delays Florida flights at Orlando, Miami airports, startles witnesses
Orlando International Airport officials announced they were briefly under a Federal Aviation Administration "ground stop" because of space launch debris.
This couple's flight was rerouted midair after the SpaceX Starship exploded. They saw flaming debris out their window.
Mariah Davenport and Dane Siler were flying back to the US when their flight turned around because of the SpaceX rocket explosion.
Plane passengers witness SpaceX Starship explosion during flight
Two passengers captured the moment when the SpaceX Starship exploded outside of their airplane window, which forced the Chicago-bound Frontier Airlines flight to return to Punta Cana.
SpaceX shares stunning close-up footage of Starship engines firing up on 8th flight test
SpaceX has shared some stunning footage of the Starship's 33 Raptor engines firing up at the start of the rocket's eighth ...
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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for the second time this year
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight — marking the second failure for the vehicle in just six weeks.