SpaceX How to organize a show.
The company launched the seventh flight test of its Starship megarocket this afternoon from its Starbase site in South Texas. The 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle lifted off successfully and achieved stage separation. And its first-stage booster, called Super Heavy, made it back down to Starbase for a dramatic catch by its launch tower’s “chopstick” arms.
But about 8 minutes after starting the flight, Spacex lost contact with the upper stadium stadium, known as El Barco. Lately we know what caused the problem, however, one thing is safe: the ship is out with a blow.
The 171 feet (52 meter) spacecraft exploded in the Atlantic Ocean near the Turkish and Caïcos Islands about 8. 5 minutes after the launch, creating an impressive show of the sky observed through many other people in the region.
And a fair few of these folks posted their photos and videos on X, the social media site owned by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
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I saw the craziest #spacebris #meteorshower right now in Turks and Caicos@Elonmusk what is it?
Starship Flight 7 breaks and re -enter Turks and Caicos pic. twitter. com/iuq0yay17Ojanary, 2025
What is @elonmusk #starship pic. twitter. com/mlofmbmgejanary, 2025
Starship from the Icon of the Seas (Caribbean Sea) @SpaceX @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/1zzspKDgNUJanuary 16, 2025
This is the time that ship 33 has experienced a rud. https://t. co/in2nzBWN8 pic. twitter. com/ii7dtlizlejanary, 2025
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“The spacecraft experienced an immediate disassembly of its ascent. “SpaceX said through X tonight.
“Unforeseen immediate demons,” the privileged term for SpaceX explosions, are not unusual for the progression of new rockets.
And Spacex in fact will not dissuade through today’s results; The company is used to run quickly, fly and incorporate classes learned from verification flights in the following vehicle structure. And today there was a positive side: the super -heavy “baguettes”, which presented the planned recovery strategy of Spacex to Booster and the ship.
Today’s capture at the time Accaminat for Spacex, which was successful in October at Starship Flight 5.
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Brett is curious about emerging aerospace technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett’s work has appeared on Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. Brett has English degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett enjoys skywatching throughout the dark skies of the Appalachian mountains.
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