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A SpaceX Starship rocket broke apart in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday.
周四，SpaceX公司的一枚“星舰”火箭在从得克萨斯州发射几分钟后解体。
Clips online showed fiery debris above the Turks and Caicos Islands and Reuters captured a view from Haiti's capital, Port-Au-Prince.
根据网上的视频显示，燃烧的碎片划过了特克斯和凯科斯群岛上空，路透社从海地首都太子港拍下了这张照片。
The company said it lost contact eight minutes after liftoff with its upgraded Starship upper stage, the top part of the rocket.
SpaceX公司方面表示，在升级后的“星舰”上层（火箭的顶部）升空约8分钟后，他们与之失去了联系。
It was carrying the company's first test payload of mock satellites.
这枚火箭携带了该公司的首批模拟卫星测试载荷。
Elon Musk said a preliminary assessment showed an internal leak of liquid oxygen fuel led to the rocket's breakup.
埃隆·马斯克表示，初步评估显示，是由于液氧燃料内部泄漏导致的火箭解体。
The incident caused airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to reroute to avoid debris.
这一事件导致墨西哥湾上空的航班改变航线，以避开碎片。
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it briefly slowed and diverted planes around the debris area, but that normal operations have resumed.
美国联邦航空管理局称，曾短暂地让残骸坠落区域附近的飞机降低飞行速度、改道飞行，目前已恢复正常飞行。
The FAA will likely open a mishap investigation. That would ground Starship and check if debris fell on populated areas or outside the hazard zone.
美国联邦航空管理局可能会展开事故调查。这将使“星舰”停飞，并检查碎片是否落在人口稠密地区或危险区外。
A probe could delay Musk's goal of 12 Starship tests this year, depending on fixes and an FAA investigation.
相关工作可能会推迟马斯克今年进行12次“星舰”测试的目标，这主要取决于修复进度和联邦航空局的调查结果。
Though Musk, after the incident, said on X that, quote, 'Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month.'
尽管马斯克在事件发生后在X上表示，“到目前为止，没有任何迹象表明下一次发射将会推迟到下个月。”
Thursday's mission was SpaceX's seventh Starship test since 2023, part of Musk's plan to build a rocket for Mars travel and launching satellites.
周四的这次发射任务，是SpaceX自2023年以来的第七次“星舰”测试，这是马斯克打造一个用于火星旅行和发射卫星的火箭的计划的一部分。
