The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" of Elon Musk's Starship sparked chaos as some airspace throughout the Caribbean was closed for an hour and a half.

The United States grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated.

Elon Musk’s Starship prototype has broken up during its seventh launch attempt, sending fiery debris streaking through the sky above the Caribbean and grounding nearby aircraft.

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket exploded midair on Thursday, after which the FAA warned pilots of dangerous debris.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote of the incident on his social media platform X, sharing a video of the debris taken by a user in Turks and Caicos. SpaceX is currently investigating the precise cause of the explosion, but telemetry data from the launch ...

The agency launched an investigation into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and caused debris to rain toward Caribbean islands.

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Government officials in Turks and Caicos said Friday that debris from a SpaceX rocket test that went awry fell over the Caribbean islands but that there have been no reported injuries so far and only minimal damages to property.

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Debris from SpaceX's Starship rocket fell through the sky after the spacecraft was destroyed following a booster catch back at the pad during its latest test flight on Thursday, 16 January. Elon Musk's company said the craft broke apart in what it described as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.

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