SpaceX's Starship exploded in a fiery blaze during a routine engine test in Texas – raising questions about what's next for Elon Musk's company.

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on a test stand in Texas, adding to a series of setbacks to Elon Musk’s space ambitions that include trips to Mars.

SpaceX's 400-foot-tall Starship unexpectedly exploded while the company was preparing for an upcoming flight test from South Texas. About a week later, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum announced ...

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 17, 2025 The day before, on June 17, SpaceX posted video on X of a "single-engine static fire demonstrating an in-space burn" as Starship prepared for its 10th flight test.

SpaceX has not publicly released a launch date for a 10th Starship test flight. Video of the explosion posted online shows the spacecraft was on the ground when it exploded.

The most recent SpaceX Starship test launch ended in disaster again, with the rocket exploding shortly after takeoff. Here's what we known about the explosion.

The ninth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship recently took place, and like several others before, it ended with an explosion. While not exactly what SpaceX was hoping for, it was also not ...

The Starship explosion did not cause any reported injuries; all SpaceX personnel at Starbase are safe, according to the update. People living around the site, which is near the border city of ...

SpaceX's massive Starship exploded in a spectacular fiery blaze during an engine test in Texas, raising questions about what's next for Elon Musk 's spaceflight company. This time, the explosion ...

Everything went quiet following the dramatic explosion last month that destroyed SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft during ground-based preparations for the vehicle’s 10th flight test. But SpaceX ...

SpaceX's massive Starship exploded in a spectacular fiery blaze during a routine engine test in Texas – raising questions about what's next for Elon Musk 's spaceflight company. The dramatic ...