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Starship Flight 8 breakup debris seen over Florida and the Caribbean

When: 6 Mar 2025
Sources: 2 public sources

Starship Flight 8 debris after the breakup, seen from the International Space Station NASA/JSC/Don Pettit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

SpaceX lost its Starship upper stage minutes into its eighth test flight. Glowing debris was filmed from Florida, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos, and the FAA briefly halted departures at several Florida airports, citing space launch debris.

Sources

PressSpaceX again loses its Starship rocket on test flight after explosion during previous attempt (opens in a new tab)NBC News / 2025-03-06
PressWatch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video) (opens in a new tab)Space.com / 2025-03-07

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