FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion
"During the event, the FAA activated a Debris Response Area and briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft at their departure location."
SpaceX Starship spacecraft is lost on 7th test flight
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, pulled off a daring booster catch on its most ambitious test flight yet, but the spacecraft was lost. Follow for the latest news.
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world before succumbing to the scorching heat of atmospheric reentry. In June, the fourth test flight ended with controlled splashdowns of the rocket's Super Heavy booster in the Gulf of Mexico and of Starship in the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX catches booster but spacecraft explodes on seventh Starship flight test
The SpaceX Starship rocket noted success and failure during its seventh flight test on Thursday from South Texas.
US FAA Opens Probe Into SpaceX's Starship Explosion
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will oversee an investigation by Elon Musk's SpaceX into an explosive Starship test flight the previous day that forced airlines to divert dozens of flights to avoid debris.
FAA will require SpaceX to investigate breakup of Starship rocket
The incident in which a SpaceX rocket broke up after launch demonstrates the challenges the FAA will face as the number of commercial space flights increases.
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is apparently destroyed after launch test: Watch video
The uncrewed Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas.
US grounds Elon Musk’s Starship after rocket exploded leaving planes swerving & flaming wreck causing ‘property damage’
AN exploding SpaceX Starship caused chaos in the sky – as planes swerved to avoid it and the flaming wreck caused property ...
Starship explosion diverted commercial flights on Thursday
Commercial airlines had to divert or delay their flights to avoid debris from the SpaceX Starship spacecraft that exploded ...
Significant winter storm shutters the South and cancels more than 3,000 US flights
Snow, freezing rain and rain are underway in the southern Plains as a potent winter storm strengthens Thursday.