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Anderson Cooper 360

SpaceX Debris Lights Up Sky In FL, Caribbean After Failed Launch

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight this evening, creating a massive debris cloud near populated islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Today’s test flight came after SpaceX waved off plans to launch earlier this week as engineers troubleshot undisclosed issues. Plus, the President in retreat, not once, but twice today on two key initiatives. What the future looks like for President Trump's tariffs, after markets tanked again today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Tonight on 360, what caused this huge explosion of a space X starship just a few minutes ago?

0:39.0

We've got the latest details on the investigation and the ripple effect.

0:42.3

Flights into Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Orlando all halted.

0:47.0

Also tonight, the president in retreat, not once but twice today on two key initiatives.

0:52.4

What is the future for his tariffs after markets tanked

0:55.3

again? And what is the future for Elon Musk after the president issued new guidance on who

1:00.4

oversees federal job cuts? Good evening, John Berman here in for Anderson. And the breaking news,

1:05.6

a huge SpaceX starship exploded minutes after launch from the SpaceX facility in South Texas. This is the view of

1:13.2

that explosion from the Caribbean island of Turks and Caicos. It left orange and white streaks in the

1:19.1

sky. Fortunately, this was an uncrewed mission. However, the FAA halted all flights into at least

1:25.8

four major Florida airports for several hours.

1:29.4

That halt was scheduled to end just a few minutes ago.

1:32.0

This was the eighth such test flight of the Starship Mega Rocket System.

1:35.5

The previous test flight also crashed.

1:38.2

We're going to have more on all of this a little bit later in the broadcast.

1:42.2

Also today, we witnessed a rarity in American politics, not just a backpedal, but a double

1:48.6

backpedal in the Oval Office, not one, but two backflips to mix metaphors on two of the

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