A SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after it was launched from Texas on Thursday, grounding flights and triggering warnings about falling spaceship particles.
No accidents or injury have been reported however photos from these in Caribbean Sea island nations present fiery particles raining from the sky.
This was the eighth mission to check the rocket, and its second consecutive failure.
Its Tremendous Heavy booster, which helps it go away the bottom, did handle efficiently to return to the launchpad.
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