SpaceX Starship explodes during routine test: Texas officials

A SpaceX Starship exploded throughout a “routine” take a look at late Wednesday in Texas, native regulation enforcement mentioned, including that no accidents had been reported and an investigation into the trigger was underway.

“During a routine static fire test at Starbase, Texas, SpaceX’s Starship 36 suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded,” based on a submit by the Cameron County authorities on Facebook, including it occurred shortly after 11pm (0400 GMT Thursday).

Elon Musk’s Space X mentioned on his social media platform X that the Starship was “preparing for the tenth flight test (when it) experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase.”