8 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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8 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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8 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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11 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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12 h. ago SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in dramatic fireball after ‘major anomaly’

A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded on Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.

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2 w. ago Watch live: Trump says goodbye to Musk in Oval Office as Tesla CEO departs government

Watch live as President Donald Trump hosts Elon Musk in a final White House press event on Friday (30 May), a few days after the Tesla billionaire announced that he would be stepping back from the administration.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control and tears apart

Onboard fuel leaks caused the unmanned vessel to spin uncontrollably as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control and explodes in third major setback

The latest failure comes amid mounting problems for Elon Musk

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3 w. ago Watch: SpaceX Starship spins out of control in Elon Musk’s latest test flight

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket spun out of control around halfway through its flight on Tuesday, 27 May, without achieving some of its most important testing goals.

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3 w. ago SpaceX mega rocket explodes as Musk admits he spent 'too much time on politics'

The Starship rocket was SpaceX's ninth test flight - and every one has ended in disaster. Elon Musk has admitted he has "probably spent a bit too much time on politics"

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3 w. ago SpaceX loses contact with Starship rocket after ninth test flight launch

SpaceX mission control lost contact with the rocket after it leaked fuel and spun out of control, despite already flying halfway around the worldSpaceX mission control lost contact with its latest Starship rocket on Tuesday, as it leaked fuel, spun out of control, and made an uncontrolled re-entry after flying halfway around the world, likely disintegrating over the Indian Ocean, officials said.“Just to confirm, we did lose contact with the ship officially a couple of minutes ago. So that brings an end to the ninth flight test,” said SpaceX’s Dan Huot during a live feed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test

Ship flew farther than on two previous attempts but sprang leaks and began spinning before re-entering the atmosphere out of controlAnother SpaceX Starship prototype broke up over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping the latest bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising Mars.The biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built lifted off at 6.36pm local time from the company’s facility near a southern Texas village that earlier this month voted to become a city also named Starbase. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control after launch and breaks apart in third setback

‘A lot of good data to review,’ Elon Musk notes on X after SpaceX confirms accident

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3 w. ago Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control after launch and explodes in third major setback

‘A lot of good data to review,’ Elon Musk spins on X after SpaceX confirms accident

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3 w. ago SpaceX Starship rocket fails to deploy satellites and explodes on re

Elon Musk says leaks caused loss of pressure as rocket’s upper stage shatters over Indian Ocean

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