10 h. ago Elon Musk jokes that it's 'just a scratch' as his SpaceX Starship rocket bursts into a gigantic ball of flames during explosion at test site in Texas

Elon Musk has made light of the latest SpaceX test, which ended with the enormous rocket exploding on the launch pad.

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11 h. ago SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project

Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent ‘catastrophic failure’ while on standOne of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species.The Starship 36 underwent “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11pm on Wednesday (0400 GMT Thursday), a Facebook post by the Cameron County authorities said. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into massive fireball in 'major anomaly' before 10th test flight

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been hit with yet another setback with its Starship rocket – this time before it even left the launch site

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13 h. ago Watch: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket engulfed by flames in explosion

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a routine test on Wednesday (18 June) at Starbase, the company’s launch site in Texas.

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13 h. ago How the safety record for SpaceX and Blue Origin compares as Elon Musk's rocket erupts in a ball of flames

Another SpaceX rocket has just exploded during an on-land test

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15 h. ago SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported

A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas has exploded, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky

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15 h. ago Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes into flames at test site

An explosion occured at the SpaceX Starship test site in Texas on Wednesday night, with the flare bursting into flames at around 11pm local time

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53 h. ago The gang war tearing a nation apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', 'Scarface' and a feared 'cocaine king'

EXCLUSIVE: Detailed maps showing exactly where the battle lines have been drawn in a deadly gang war.

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54 h. ago The gang war tearing Scotland apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', the Scottish Scarface and Edinburgh's cocaine king

EXCLUSIVE: With a series of in-depth maps, we can reveal where the battle lines have been drawn in the territories under attack in this already vicious and deadly gang war.

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6 d. ago Trump team weighs shutting out Musk’s SpaceX from ‘Golden Dome’ project as fallout from feud lingers

Elon Musk’s SpaceX appeared to be the frontrunner to begin work on the ambitious project, which would have pocketed him billions

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8 d. ago Elon Musk to relocate SpaceX firm to Scotland after Donald Trump fallout

Alba MP Ash Regan said Scottish ministers should capitalise on the Musk-Trump row by trying to tempt the tech billioniare here.

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1 week ago The Latest: Los Angeles reels after three days of immigration protests

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday night as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd

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1 week ago MSP says Elon Musk should ‘forget Trump and bring SpaceX to Scotland’

Calls are being made to create a bidding war for Scottish investment between the tech mogul and the US president.

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1 week ago Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds

Elon Musk stands to lose billions of dollars in his fight with President Donald Trump

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1 week ago What is the Dragon spacecraft? SpaceX project in the middle of the Musk

Elon Musk has thrown the future of a SpaceX project, the Dragon spacecraft, into doubt after floating, but then retracting, the idea of decommissioning the project.

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1 week ago Trump urged to immediately SEIZE SpaceX from Musk after fallen 'First Buddy' threatened to leave NASA astronauts stranded in space

Steve Bannon, former senior adviser to President Donald Trump and a fierce critic of Elon Musk, has called for direct action to be taken against the billionaire entrepreneur.

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1 week ago Trump urged to immediately SEIZE Space X from Musk after fallen 'First Buddy' threatened to leave NASA astronauts stranded in space

Steve Bannon, former senior adviser to President Donald Trump and a fierce critic of Elon Musk, has called for direct action to be taken against the billionaire entrepreneur.

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1 week ago Elon Musk to halt SpaceX's NASA astronaut missions after Trump's contract threat

The SpaceX founder and CEO said Dragon would "no longer be able to service the ISS" after Trump said on Truth Social he would "be ending all government contracts" with the company

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1 week ago Musk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraft amid bitter Trump dispute

World’s richest man says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, will be withdrawn from commissionTrump-Musk spat – latest updatesMusk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesElon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Thursday said his company SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after he engaged in an extraordinary public fallout with Donald Trump who had threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses.“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk posted on the social media platform X, which he owns. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud

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