Just saw Starship 8 blow up in the Bahamas @SpaceX @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/rTMJu23oVx
— Jonathon Norcross (@NorcrossUSA) March 6, 2025
SpaceX’s massive Starship exploded 10 minutes after taking off Thursday night – two months after another one of the company’s rockets broke apart during the last test flight.
Engineers from SpaceX stated that the 400-foot-tall ship, which launched from the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, lost altitude control after several engines stopped working just 20-seconds before the end of ascent burn in its eight test flight.
SpaceX lost contact with Starship 8 before it was able to deploy its test satellites, which were set to occur at the 17 minute mark.