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The flames are raised while a SpaceX rocket explodes in Brownsville, Texas, United States, on June 18, 2025, in this screen obtained from a social media video.
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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded Wednesday in the Starbase installation in Texas during routine tests in preparation for a launch flight, according to local authorities and live images.
The rocket “experienced a major anomaly while it was on a stand at Starbase” at 11 pm local time, said SpaceX on social networks, noting that “a clear safety area around the site has been maintained throughout the operation and that all the staff are safe and taken into account”.
Local authorities said This vessel “underwent a catastrophic failure and exploded”, without injuries reported when the editorial is drafted and an investigation is underway. Live images From Starbase has shown that the rocket bursts into flame, pulling a large ball of fire in the sky.
Another launch of Starship should take place by the end of this month.
It was a temporal conduct for Elon Musk’s gigantic dishes, after three attempts to launch the flight were devolved in the inflamed glory and the air trafficking debris this year to date. In particular, the rocket model has successfully taken off in the previous cases, but its large scale – standing 120 meters (394 feet) in height during factoring in the super heavy booster – has raised concerns concerning its overall reliability and its requirements for orbital supply once in flight.
However, Musk won his hopes on Starship as a key vehicle for the third and fourth NASA Artemis missions – which is part of a wider plan to return humans to the Moon – which should take place at 2027-2028. The rocket should also play a role in the launch of the Private space station Starlab in the transition to commercial space laboratories in orbit once the international space station retires after 2030.
Above all, Starship is also at the heart of the wider ambitions of Musk – and the former president of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to colonize Mars. The rocket should transport optimus robots on the red planet by the end of 2026, with Musk in March adage“If these landings are fine, then human landings can start in 2029, although 2031 is more likely.”
