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Watch | Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

eriinfo.com1 month ago02 mins

The explosion on Thursday morning South African time was caught on camera. Image: TheRocketFuture SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing late on Wednesday Texas time, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket programme. The explosion occurred around 11pm local time (Thursday, 6am SAST) while…

Explosion rocks SpaceX Starship test site ahead of flight 10

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Late Wednesday night, around 11 PM CT, a massive explosion occurred at SpaceX’s Massey’s Testing Center in Starbase, Texas. The incident happened as Ship 36 was preparing for a static fire test, a crucial step before its planned 10th Starship flight. Read: iPadOS 26 unleashes Mac-like productivity SpaceX quickly issued a statement, confirming that “A…