FAA Says 240 Flights Disrupted by Explosion of Musk’s SpaceX Starship

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, on March 6, 2025. Joe Skipper/Reuters

WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday that the previous day’s explosion of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft disrupted about 240 flights, with space debris concerns requiring more than two dozen of those planes to divert.

It was the second straight explosion of a SpaceX test launch.