Watch SpaceX rocket explode over Grand Turk island in dramatic stream of fire and smoke
SpaceX launched Starship's seventh test flight from Starbase in Texas at 4:37 p.m. CT on Jan. 16. However, after the rocket booster successfully separated, the company lost touch with the spacecraft and a fire developed in the rocket's back section, causing it to explode above the Atlantic Ocean around 8 minutes after launch.