SpaceX says its Starship spacecraft broke up midflight as videos of debris emerge online

• FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship after midflight explosion, reports property damage on Turks and Caicos

  The FAA grounded SpaceX's Starship pending an investigation into the failure that caused the rocket to break apart midflight after launching on Thursday.
  
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• SpaceX's Starship rocket breaks up after launch, flights divert after FAA debris warning

  SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.
  
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  WATCH: Debris from SpaceX’s Starship spotted over Turks and Caicos

  Debris was spotted over the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday after SpaceX launched a rocket from Texas.
  
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• SpaceX’s Starship blew up. Elon Musk says it’s ‘barely a bump in the road.’

  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the explosion of the company’s Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test Thursday as “barely a bump in the road,” underlining the momentum behind the ...
  
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• SpaceX's Starship spacecraft destroyed in mega rocket launch

  Telemetry from the Starship froze just more than 8 minutes after launch from Texas, moments after engines began shutting down.
  
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  SpaceX’s Starship test flight ends in failure after spacecraft is destroyed

  Rocket’s six engines appeared to shut down one after another after nearly nine minutes, while booster returned. SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight on Thursday, but the ...
  
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  Videos on social media show Starship debris streaming across the sky

  Videos circulating on social media show fragments of the Starship rocket breaking apart in the sky above Turks and Caicos. SpaceX confirmed on X, stating, "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled ...
  
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