Nov. 21 (UPI) -- SpaceX's Starship booster exploded during testing of the new Super Heavy in South Texas early Friday.
The incident was captured during SpaceX's livestream around 4 a.m. CST.
SpaceX has had problems during testing of the jumbo-sized rocket, and this time it appears to have blown out an entire side of the lower section, Tech Crunch reported. The booster, called V3, was an upgraded version of Super Heavy and is 232 feet tall.
In Starship is 403 feet tall when fully stacked with the upper-stage of 171 feet.
Booster 18 seems to have just exploded during testing at the Massey outpost. pic.twitter.com/fmVdYPmWvA— LabPadre Space (@LabPadre) November 21, 2025
