SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Flight, Sending Airlines Scrambling to Divert Flights

Image caption: Debris from a Starship rocket over Turks & Caicos. Image credit: The Independent / YouTube. Article by Isaac Schultz. Gizmodo – January 17, 2025.

SpaceX’s seventh test flight of its marquee rocket, Starship, ended with an unintentional fireworks show. That is, the rocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean, raining a brilliant stream of debris down through Earth’s atmosphere. It’s not clear what caused the explosion, but the event was captured on video by people on the ground and forced airplanes to […]

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