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SpaceX's Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes during test flight
Starship experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," which is a phrase SpaceX coined to describe an explosion.
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world before succumbing to the scorching heat of atmospheric reentry. In June, the fourth test flight ended with controlled splashdowns of the rocket's Super Heavy booster in the Gulf of Mexico and of Starship in the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Flight, Sending Airlines Scrambling to Divert Flights
The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was likely caused by a propellant leak, Elon Musk said, and was captured on video by spectators on the ground.
SpaceX's starship grounds after test flight explosion
Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship test flight ended in failure as the spacecraft exploded and broke apart, following a suspected fuel leak in the engine firewall.
Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
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