The incident happened around 11 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 18, while the spacecraft was preparing for its 10th test flight "The Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major ...

An experimental SpaceX rocket exploded at the end of a high-altitude test flight Tuesday, but heavy fog at the site left even SpaceX at least publicly uncertain about exactly what caused the explosion ...

A routine test at the SpaceX base on the Texas Gulf Coast went horribly wrong late Wednesday night. The Starship rocket exploded into a fireball that lit up the night sky. Watch this video to see the ...

SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion ...

When a SpaceX Starship rocket went up in a fiery explosion in June 2025, it amplified criticism regarding the company's recent string of test failures. This was the fourth straight failure of the Elon ...

The first stage of Firefly Aerospace's 96-foot-tall Alpha rocket exploded while the spacecraft was vertical on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly made a name for itself in 2025 when its Blue Ghost ...

Firefly Aerospace Inc. suffered another setback Monday when a rocket it was preparing for launch exploded in a massive fireball during ground testing at its facility north of Austin. Firefly stock ...

The incident happened around 11 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 18, while the spacecraft was preparing for its 10th test flight Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team.