Minutes after taking off, SpaceX’s spaceship spacecraft detonated in orbit on Thursday, March 6. At 5:30 p.m. CT, Starship took off from Starbase in Texas for.
Its seventh flight test. The FAA stopped aviation travel at many Florida airports as a result of the explosion. The launch, which was live-streamed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX,
Saw the rocket’s engines shutting off around eight minutes into the flight. During the broadcast, SpaceX communications manager Dan Huot said, “We just saw some engines go out.”
It seems that we are loosing ship altitude control. Before the contact was lost, the spacecraft’s engines were shut off, causing it to spin wildly.
A number of videos showing debris falling from the sky close to south Florida and the Bahamas are making the rounds on social media.
The last contact with Starship was established “approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds after liftoff,” according to SpaceX’s official announcement.
