Cell phone footage captured the moment debris from a failed SpaceX rocket launch flew overhead, as the wreckage left behind a colorful stream of smoke. A SpaceX Starship rocket failed in space eight minutes after launching from Texas, forcing airlines to alter their course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk’s flagship rocket program.
The Starship upper stage successfully detached from its Super Heavy booster around four minutes into flight as planned. But minutes later SpaceX Communications Manager Dan Huot said on a live stream that mission teams had "all communications with the ship."
Cell phone footage captured the rocket’s debris flying overhead, as the wreckage left behind a colorful stream of smoke.
Dozens of commercial flights diverted to other airports or altered course to avoid debris, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. Departures from some airports were also delayed.
The Starship was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a looping trajectory around the planet. The spacecraft was packed with 10 mock satellites and had planned to practice releasing them. It was the company’s seventh test mission and the first test of 2025.
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