Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, Musk’s company, SpaceX, launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.

SpaceX faced another major setback as its Starship spacecraft exploded mid-flight shortly after launching from Boca Chica, Texas. This marks the second consecutive failure for Elon Musk’s Mars-bound rocket program in just over a month,

SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket met a fiery end during its eighth test flight on March 6, 2025. The day began with high hopes as SpaceX prepared to launch its mammoth 123-meter (403-foot) Starship rocket.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket exploded shortly after taking off in Texas, resulting in the grounding of flights in Florida.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House communications director during President Donald Trump's first term, responded to the Friday New York Times report that Elon Musk is causing consternation among the Cabinet.