Billionaire’s 400ft-long spacecraft blew up while preparing for an upcoming flight

A SpaceX heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle exploded late Wednesday during a pre-flight test at Starbase in Texas.

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a routine test on Wednesday (18 June) at Starbase, the company’s launch site in Texas. Footage shows the 36 rocket, which was undergoing a…

Billionaire’s 400ft-long spacecraft blew up while preparing for an upcoming flight

Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent ‘catastrophic failure’ while on stand

No injuries were reported following the explosion.

It's the latest in a string of setbacks for the mega-rocket, which SpaceX hopes to use to build Starlink and one day go to Mars.

HOUSTON: One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test in Texas late Wednesday, law enforcement officials said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s…

The blast shot a fireball and debris into the during testing for the 400-foot rocket system in Brownsville on Texas' southwest Gulf Coast.

No injuries after ‘major anomaly’ causes explosion ahead of 10th test flight

A huge blast enveloped the rocket as it stood upright on a test stand in Texas.