SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."

SpaceX delayed its seventh test launch of Starship by 24 hours on Wednesday due to weather concerns, pushing back an experiment that will feature the spacecraft’s first payload deployment test in what may be the latest milestone for the Elon Musk-owned aerospace company as it develops reusable rockets.

Elon Musk reflects on SpaceX's journey from its early days in 2002 to significant milestones in 2024, including the success of recent Starship test fl