In a surprising twist, a SpaceX Starship rocket fell apart in space shortly after its launch. This mishap happened on a Thursday and has stirred up quite the buzz in the aerospace world. Losing control of the spacecraft just eight minutes after takeoff not only shows the hurdles private space companies face but also had an immediate effect on air

SpaceX, the private space technology company owned by Elon Musk, is asking federal authorities to approve a new round of tests for a prototype reusable rocket, but some of them may never make it back to the surface intact and will crash in the ocean.

SpaceX launched Starship on Thursday for a seventh test flight, after weather concerns pushed back an experiment that will feature the spacecraft’s first payload deployment test, and while it successfully caught the Super Heavy Booster, Starship lost connection and “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly.”