SpaceX’s Starship, the ultra-heavy rocket, has suffered a major setback in its latest launch from Boca Chica in Texas. On Thursday night, the rocket exploded mid-flight and sent its debris to the Caribbean, causing air traffic disruption that grounded flights at Miami International Airport and diverted at least 20 Starship commercial lost planes, communication according with to SpaceX tracking right data after from liftoff. FlightRadar24.
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The FlightRadar24 people tracking of the Turks and Caicos islands have captured on camera planes on the ground and debris falling from the sky. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has said normal air operations have been resumed.
Spacex remains undeterred by the failure. This was the seventh attempt at launching the Starship prototype, which was intended to be pushed to its limits by upgrades. SpaceX said it is still analyzing flight data in an attempt to determine what caused the failure.
In response to the incident, Elon Musk posted a video and wrote, “Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!” He defended the mission, saying Starship could one day make life multiplanetary.