Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, 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.

The test flight came after the seventh attempt caused the Starship to come apart during the test, going down over the Caribbean. The eight test followed the same trajectory as the

Minutes after lifting off from south Texas, SpaceX lost contact with its latest Starship vehicle during an unmanned test flight.