by Olivier Acuña Barba •Published: June 19, 2025•11:03•2 minutes read
The explosion occurred at least 30 minutes before SpaceX’s 10th flight test credits launch: SpaceX
SpaceX was about to conduct a static fire test on the ship 36 late Wednesday night ahead of the 10th flight test of the spacecraft that suddenly exploded at Massey’s test center site.
“A safe, clear area around the site is maintained during operation and all staff are safe and explained,” SpaceX said. Thus, the explosion did not present any danger to local residents of the recently established town of Star Base, Texas.
An explosion caused by an abnormality has been arrested In the videobarge It has been reported. The failed test was later last month following the explosion of SpaceX’s ninth flight test. It has been reported atlasgazette. According to Verge, the SpaceX test site continued to burn at least two hours after the explosion, with live camera feeds from NASA SpaceFlight and Labpadre showing the site and responding from the local fire station.
30 minutes before load sequence
According to people speaking at NASA SpaceFlight, the explosion occurred about 30 minutes after the propellant loading sequence began, before static fire testing began. X, NASA I wrote it “Anomalous! Ship 36 exploded on SpaceX Masseys just before it was set to a static fire!” This post contains a video of a massive explosion.
Verge explained that during static fire testing the Ship 36 is not yet planning to lift it, as the vehicle’s rocket engine remains attached to the launch mount.
Details of the cause of this latest incident and the extent to which the potential damage to the test site have not been revealed yet.
Major anomalies
Fox 26 Houston said no injuries were reported, according to authorities, but KRGV News said Brownsville Fire Station crews were responding to the scene of the explosion.
SpaceX issued this statement About the incident about 90 minutes after the incident in X’s post: “On Wednesday, June 18th, around 11pm on CT, the spacecraft preparing for the 10th flight test experienced a major anomaly in the Star-based test stand.
And, “Our Starbase team is actively working with local officials to save the test site and its surrounding area. There is no danger to residents of the surrounding community.
This flight test continued to use SpaceX’s “V2” spacecraft design. This was stated in 2023 by Elon Musk “holds more propellant, reduces dry mass and improves reliability.”
According to Musk, SpaceX is also preparing a new V3 design. Musk is expected to reach a rate that will be released once a week in about 12 months.
