Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, sending bright orange debris raining down over the Caribbean.

Elon Musk’s Starship prototype has broken up during its seventh launch attempt, sending fiery debris streaking through the sky above the Caribbean and grounding nearby aircraft. Mr Musk’s SpaceX carried out a launch of the superheavy rocket from Boca Chica in Texas on Thursday night with the aim of undertaking a series of stress tests to push its launch vehicle to its limit.

A plane passenger has captured the exact moment Elon Musk’s Starship rocket exploded just minutes after launch.

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket exploded midair on Thursday, after which the FAA warned pilots of dangerous debris.

The latest test of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic,forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris.

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Debris from Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explosion has spread debris across parts of Turks and Caicos, according to some residents. That's more than a thousand miles from its launch in Texas. NBC News' Marissa Parra reports.

The US has grounded SpaceX's Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why one exploded during its latest test flight

The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.

While the midair destruction of SpaceX's Starship rocket made for an unsuccessful flight test, it also created an amazing visual.