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SpaceX Starship explodes during the 8th flight test: Video

SpaceXs Starship exploded in Florida during a test flight on Thursday.

Video records SpaceX Starship, which explodes via Florida

What we know:

SpaceX 'spaceship exploded during his eighth flight on Thursday.

A video that was recorded by Trevor Mahlmann in Titusville, Florida, shows the spaceship that explodes in a technicolor -cloud.

What you say:

“I was with my family at the Florida Space Coast at dinner when I went outside during the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 webcasts to look at the southwest to see if it would be possible to see the start from Texas,” said Mahlmann to Storyful.

Like the SpaceX spaceship, exploded

The background story:

SpaceX 'test flight of the Starship rocket failed after the spaceship lost several engines and ultimately lost control during the climb.

The start took place around 6:30 p.m. ET and initially managed to separate the spaceship from the Super Heavy Booster. But eight minutes after the start of the flight, the rocket lost the height control.

SpaceX engineers then lost contact with the vehicle before the promotion phase was completed.

In a contribution to X said SpaceX: “The vehicle had experienced a quick unscheduled disassembly.”

The Federal Aviation Administration requires SpaceX to carry out a misfortune examination after the incident.

Due to the explosion, floor stops were ordered at several airports in Florida.

Read more: The SpaceX starship test ends in explosion off Florida's coast. FAA orders “misfortunes”.

The source: A licensed video of Storyful and reporting by Fox 35 in Orlando.

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