Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, Musk’s company, SpaceX, launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.

SpaceX’s Starship has exploded shortly after takeoff in the second launch failure this year for Elon Musk’s interplanetary exploration programme. But Musk’s rocket company was able to successfully return its mammoth first-stage booster to the launchpad following Thursday’s test-flight,

SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket met a fiery end during its eighth test flight on March 6, 2025. The day began with high hopes as SpaceX prepared to launch its mammoth 123-meter (403-foot) Starship rocket.

SpaceX faced another major setback as its Starship spacecraft exploded mid-flight shortly after launching from Boca Chica, Texas. This marks the second consecutive failure for Elon Musk’s Mars-bound rocket program in just over a month,

It’s been a tough run for Musk, as Trump takes away his toys, his rocket explodes, and his net worth shrinks. Naturally, Musk took to Twitter—er, X.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House communications director during President Donald Trump's first term, responded to the Friday New York Times report that Elon Musk is causing consternation among the Cabinet.