STARBASE, Texas – A prototype of SpaceX’s ambitious Starship rocket experienced a significant explosion while undergoing testing late Wednesday night at the company’s Starbase facility, located at the southern tip of Texas near Brownsville. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. local time, just as the vehicle was positioned on the test stand in preparation for…
SpaceX Starship Test Explodes in Texas, Marking Setback for Mars Rocket Program STARBASE, Texas – A prototype of SpaceX’s towering Starship rocket, the vehicle central to the company’s ambitions for sending humans to Mars, exploded late Wednesday during a ground test at its South Texas facility. The incident, which occurred around 11 p.m. Central Time…
STARBASE, Texas – A prototype of SpaceX\”s ambitious Starship vehicle experienced a significant failure late Wednesday, resulting in an explosion during what the company described as a routine static fire test at its Starbase facility. The incident, involving Starship 36, occurred around 11 p.m. local time at the sprawling test and launch site situated at…
Explosion Rocks SpaceX Starship Test Site BOCA CHICA, Texas – A test of SpaceX’s towering Starship rocket system concluded with a significant anomaly and subsequent explosion late Wednesday, June 18th, casting a “massive fireball” across the sky near the company’s Starbase facility at the southern tip of Texas. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. local…
