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SpaceX's Starship exploded in a fiery blaze during a routine engine test in Texas – raising questions about what's next for Elon Musk's company.
SpaceX Starship exploded in a fiery blaze during a routine engine test near Boca, Chica, Texas, about 180 miles from Corpus Christi. What happened?
SpaceX communications specialist Dan Hewitt replied: "What a moment. I need to collect myself." During the last Starship flight test in March, the gargantuan rocket broke up, sending fiery debris ...
Starship is regarded as the world’s largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed. SpaceX is developing it for human spaceflights to the moon and Mars. The explosion occurred around 11 ...
A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. It's an apparent major setback for the program.
The famed 397-foot-tall (121 meter) Starship will took off from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Tuesday, SpaceX stated. The launch happened at 7:36 p.m. ET, for the ...
SpaceX has announced that it is targeting Tuesday, May 27 for Starship's ninth flight test. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET from SpaceX's Starbase. SpaceX intends to reuse for the first time ...
SpaceX has not publicly released a launch date for a 10th Starship test flight. Video of the explosion posted online shows the spacecraft was on the ground when it exploded.
SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launching. Watch view of the liftoff in slow motion from a launch tower camera. Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...
SpaceX Starship explodes at Starbase, Texas. SpaceX posted on X: "On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly ...
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its ninth test at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 27, 2025. Joe Skipper / REUTERS ...
One of SpaceX’s Starship rockets exploded on a test stand in Texas late on Wednesday night, as the company prepared for the tenth test flight of the heavy-lift rocket system.