Starship put on a show for Skywatches Yet Again – but not the way that spacex would have liked.
Spacex launched the eighth test flight of starship, the biggest and most powerful Rockt Ever Built, from its starbase site in south texas on Thursday Evening (March 6).
Starship's huge first-stage booster, Known as Super Heavy, Came Back to Starbase for a Launch-TOWER Catch About Seven Minutes Affer Lifts AS PLANNED. But the Vehicle's 171-Foot-Tall (52 meters) upper stage-Called starship or just ship-Experienced a serial Problem Shortly thereaFTERAFTER and Ended Up Exploding Over the Atlantic OCEAN.
The Detonation Sent Chunks of Debris Raining Down over the area, creating a dazzling artificial meteor shower for people for people in the Bahamas and Florida's Space Coast, Among other locals.
Something very similar Haappened during starship's flight 7, which launched on jan. 16. Many Folks in the Debris-Fall Zone Posted Video of the Flight 7 Debris Fall on X, The Social Media Site Owned by SpaCEX Founder and CEO ELON MUSK-And History Repeated Itself on Thurs
Related: Watch Spacex Starship Explode Over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (Videos)
One of the people with a Front-Ro Seat for the Flight 8 Fireworks was stefanie waldek, a journalist who also happens to be a space.com contributor.
“I'm on vacation with my family in the bahamas, specially in the exumas. Told space.com via email.
“I didn Bollywood about before [rapid unscheduled disassembly]And I Quickly explained to those Around me that We Wena'T Under Attack, Nor was the Rockt Crewed, “She Added. But the reflection on the water from the burning debris was quite pretty! “
RIP Starship 8! Great view from the Bahamas. @Spacex #Spacex #starship8 pic.twitter.com/8p2DCX5GBZMarch 6, 2025
An x user with the handle Gendoctorb also recorded the sky show from the bahamas, posting seveal videos of the event on x. “How would you like to see this right your #Catamaran?” One of Them was captioned.
How would you like to see this Above Your #Catamaran? #Spacex #Lon #starship8 pic.twitter.com/xcjntouotzMarch 7, 2025
Photographer Trevor Mahlmann, Meanwhile, Watched Flight 8 From Titusville, On Florida's space coast – the home of nasa's kennedy space center and care for constitution.
He Captured the moment that ship exploded and shared it with us on x“Rip starship flight 8, just caused it exploding after a less engines cut off and it losing attitude control, Viewed from Titusville, Fl,” Mahlmann Wrote.
Rip starship flight 8, just cautht it exploding after a few engines cut off and it losing attitude control, Viewed from Titusville, Fl🚀 pic.twitter.com/vbbtapjsd7March 6, 2025
Spacex determined that they flight 7 mishap was caused by propellant leaks, which LED to Sustained Fires in the Ship Upper Stage. It's too song to say what happy on flight 8, but the company is already investigating.
“DURING STARSHIP'S ASCENT BURN, The Vehicle Experienced A Rapid UnSSASSSESMBLY and Contact was Lost. Our team immediatively began coordination with safety offend Continuous Responses. Improve starship's reliability, “spacex said via x This Evening.
