Yet again, one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded on Thursday night, grounding flights across Florida as fiery debris fell from the sky. In its eighth test flight, the 400-foot rocket launched from Brownsville, Texas, and exploded shortly after experiencing engine failure upon reaching space and spinning out of control.

SpaceX lost contact with the Starship rocket minutes into its test flight on Thursday as it came tumbling down and broke apart.

SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from Texas, marking the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket programme. The explosion prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to halt air traffic in parts of Florida.