On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted…
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 19, 2025
Massive explosion as Ship 36 explodes on the Static fire test stand.
— Zack Golden (@CSI_Starbase) June 19, 2025
This will be a major setback as there is likely significant damage to the entire back half of Massey's pic.twitter.com/8cB7PRWI0e
No to start #10 odsunie się o kilka miesięcy. Abstrahując od utraty Starship, to zniszczone jest stanowisko do testów a odbudowa jego zajmie sporo czasu.
Looking at a few frames from @dwisecinema and you can see the separation of the forward tank and escaping methane appears to generate an impulse that crushes the top of the lower tank leading to propellent mixing and ignition. pic.twitter.com/1wzPvfE5hP
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) June 19, 2025
An extra-slowed down and cropped view Ship 36's RUD tonight.
— D Wise (@dwisecinema) June 19, 2025
📺: https://t.co/wL0tTdxtla
📸: @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/dZjEcpGMpJ
