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SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday (March 6) minutes after lifting off from Texas, causing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk's Mars rocket programme. Several videos on social media showed…

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The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights to several Florida airports on Thursday night after a SpaceX Starship testing failure. The incident marks the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight test of Starship resulting in debris raining down and commercial flights disrupted. Affected airports…

SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on the Flight 8 test flight March 6. Credit: SpaceX Updated 9:55 p.m. Eastern with SpaceX statement. WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breaking up and reentering over the Caribbean. The Starship/Super Heavy…

SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is pictured on the launch pad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, in these photographs released on February 25. Photo by SpaceX/UPI | License Photo March 6 (UPI) -- SpaceX's Starship 8 roared into the late afternoon Texas sky from Starbase near Brownsville on Thursday, but…

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"For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX." Europe's second Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center on Thursday with a French military spy satellite. Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace-P. Piron Europe's Ariane 6 rocket lifted off Thursday from French Guiana and deployed a high-resolution reconnaissance…

Europe’s space launch industry reopened for business today when the Ariane 6 heavy rocket lifted off at 17:24 CET from a spaceport in French Guiana. Originally scheduled for December, the Ariane 6 mission was delayed first to February 26 and subsequently to March 3 due to issues in transporting the satellite…

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Home » Space » SpaceX Starship Had Problems Today SpaceX Starship had two weird problems today. There was a part that fell off the Starship. Later, there was some ball bearing problem on the Mechazilla launch tower. Despite the issues. Starship is stacked on the booster and hopefully ready for…