SpaceX Starship explodes over Caribbean, causing spectacular light show

Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!"

Musk was characteristically candid about the incident, sharing a video of the explosion and quipping on X

Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume and probably increase vent area,

Musk said

Data review is already underway as we seek out root cause,

SpaceX said

Jeff Bezosamazon founder

Kudos to you and the whole SpaceX team on the flawless booster catch! Very impressive."

Jeff Bezos, who's competitor company Blue Origin launched its own massive New Glenn rocket into orbital space for the first time on Thursday, replied to Musk, saying

Improved versions of the ship & booster already waiting for launch."

Musk said in another post on X

SpaceX: Starship experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn

Another user on the social media platform concurred and wrote

Hope Musk's presidency experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly.

One chimed in and said

Who knew that when SpaceX Starship explodes it looks like an LGBTQ pride flag.

They also shared a video of the falling debris from the explosion and added

Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today's flight will help us improve Starship's reliability,

The California-founded space firm elucidated on X regarding the mishap ... reports The Mirror

It was great to see a booster come down, but we are obviously bummed out about ship... It's a flight test. It's an experimental vehicle."

SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot said

Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity,

he wrote in the post