Social media users reported a loud boom across the Florida Panhandle at around the same time a SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
A car and a tree were hit by debris after the SpaceX Starship launch in south Texas — see the incredible video. Just minutes after blasting off, the rocket exploded.
Other Twitter users from Pensacola reported hearing it at the same time, with one saying dogs started barking and another reporting they believed a tree branch had fallen on their roof.WILLIAM SHATNER REVEALS WHY HE WON'T RETURN TO SPACE: IT WOULD BE LIKE 'REVISITING A LOVER AFFAIR' re-entering the atmosphere and making a splash down in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City Beach," Santa Rosa County Emergency Management clarified in a Facebook post.
In this frame grab from video broadcast by SpaceX, the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida Panhandle, late Tuesday, May 30, 2023.The Axiom Space Ax-2 astronauts included retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Tennessee businessman John Shoffner, stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi and fighter pilot Ali al-Qarner. Whitson now works for Axiom Space, which chartered the flight.
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