One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded during a routine test in Texas.
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The Starship 36 suffered “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility according to the Cameron County authorities. Starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket. It is central to Musk’s long-term vision of colonising Mars. This is the latest setback, with SpaceX betting that its “fail fast, learn fast” ethos will eventually pay off
SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project ► https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/19/spacex-rocket-starship-36-explodes-texas-elon-musk-mars-project-setback
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