# Astronauts watch SpaceX’s Starship explode in space during flight test

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/astronauts-watch-spacexs-starship-explode-in-space-during-flight-test/
- Published: 2025-03-09T09:45:10-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: NASA astronaut Don Pettit and others on the International Space Station saw a Starship explode in space during its eighth flight test on March 6, 2025. Image credit: Don Pettit / NASA. Article by Elisha Sauers. Mashable – March 8, 2025. 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. The images, which he posted on X, the social platform owned by SpaceX […] Click here to view original web page at mashable.com