. A large piece of Elon Musk’s doomed rocket, which burst after liftoff has been discovered in the seas off Scilly. The large chunk of debris measuring 32ft (10m), by 13ft (4,5m) was found in the waters off the Isles of Scilly. It is believed to be from an unmanned rocked which crashed into the ocean after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in June. 2015. It was seen floating in the water between Bryher (the archipelago’s southern tip) and Tresco, a chunk of SpaceX Falcon 9. Local boatmen towed it to Tresco where it remains under surveillance. The flag of the United States can be clearly seen on a large part of the rocket. Coastguard issues warning to shipping after spaceship debris is discovered Thursday afternoon. Coastguards issued a warning for all vessels to watch out. Martin Leslie was the coastal area commander of Coastguard. He stated that “the markings indicate an American flag. The markings on the rocket look like they are from the American SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was launched from Florida in June 28th. On Sunday, June 2015., the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart with its Dragon spacecraft shortly after takeoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed that the failure was caused by an “overpressure event” in the liquid oxygen tank of its upper stage. However, it has never been confirmed. After 17 successful launches, June’s Falcon 9 mission failed. Falcon 9 Flight 20 will launch on December 2015.. SpaceX Falcon 9 explodes after liftoff. This USA Today video captures the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It then explodes a few minutes later.
