SpaceX is ten full-scale test launches into developing its enormous, nearly 400-feet-tall Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built. Over the last two and a half years, we've seen over half a dozen spectacular explosions.

The post SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight 9 Accomplished A Lot, But Resulted In A Massive Explosion, Marking The Fourth Failed Test Flight For The Massive Rocket first on TwistedSifter. The ninth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship recently took place, and like several others before, it ended with an explosion.

Still, some challenges need to be worked out for companies eying the unique manufacturing process. For SpaceX, its plans involve the Starship rocket, which has faced setbacks in recent months following its recent explosion on a test stand at its Texas facilities and previous launches similarly meeting a fiery end.

June 19 (Reuters) - SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program.

Since 2019, SpaceX’s Starship has gone through dozens of fiery tests in its quest to become a low-cost rocket for Mars and deep space missions.

With the FAA’s recent approval of SpaceX’s new splashdown area, the company will be allowed to litter larger regions of the Pacific Ocean that include Mokumanamana and seven other Hawaiian islands that lie within a UNESCO world heritage site, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, according to The Guardian’s report.

Nine test flights and counting, Starship’s future remains uncertain. While Musk promises progress, repeat launch failures threaten his Mars goals and NASA.

SpaceX Starship exploded in a fiery blaze during a routine engine test near Boca, Chica, Texas, about 180 miles from Corpus Christi. What happened?

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s lawsuit warning came after a June 18 explosion at Starbase lobbed debris across the Rio Grande River. “There is indeed

SpaceX plans 5 uncrewed Starship missions to Mars by 2026, crewed by 2028 CEO Elon Musk talked about the 'great adventure' on X. By Victoria Lopez , Hill Country Reporter Sep 23, 2024