Australian airline Qantas delayed some flights by up to six hours to avoid potential rocket debris over the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch in 2018 caused 4,645 minutes, or more than 77 hours, of commercial flight delays.

SpaceX launched Starship from Boca Chica, Texas, at around 5:37 p.m. EST, and the livestream of the launch began around 4:15 p.m. on SpaceX’s X account and website. Starship’s Super Heavy booster is set to reuse one of its 33 engines for the first time,

Elon Musk’s company confirmed the loss just minutes into the flight from the southern tip of Texas. The spacecraft’s engines shut down one by one, and contact soon was lost.

After launching on Thursday, the Starship rocket caught the booster back at the pad but lost contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out. Officials for Elon Musk's company confirmed that the spacecraft was destroyed.

SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight, an unexpected setback after the Elon Musk-led company had made steady progress advancing the vehicle's capabilities. While the top section of the rocket was lost,