SpaceX Starship Suffers Mid-Flight Breakup Over Texas, Prompting Air Traffic Chaos and FAA Investigation
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A SpaceX Starship rocket, designed to push boundaries in space exploration, exploded shortly after its launch on Thursday, setting off immediate safety concerns and causing a temporary disruption in commercial air traffic over the Gulf of Mexico. The incident unfolded just eight minutes following the rocket’s departure from SpaceX’s South Texas facility at 5:38 p.m. EST. Eyewitnesses caught the dramatic scene as the rocket failed, with video footage capturing bright flashes of …