Late Wednesday Night at About 11pm Ct, Spacex Was About to Perform a Static Fire Test of SHIP 36, AHEAD of a Planned 10th Flight Test for Its Starship, when there was Suddenly A Massive Explosion AT The Massey’s Testing Center Site. Spacex Says “A Safety CLEAR ARIA ARIOND The Site Was MainTained Thrug The Operation and All Personnel Are Safe and ACCOONted for,“ and that thre are no hazarss to readents in the age of it recently Incorporated Town of Starbase, Texas.
“After Completing A Single-ANGINE Static Fire Earlier This Week, The Vehicle Was in The PROCLE OF Loading Cryogenic Propellant for a Six-Angine Static Fire when a saudden Energetic Event Resultated in The Complete Loss of Starship and Damage to the Imedia Area Surrounding The Stand, “According to APDATE on Spaces’s Website. “The Explosion IGNID Severral Fires at the Test Site Whiche Remains Clear of Personnel and Will Be Assessed on Cas Been Determined to Be Safe to Approach. Individuals Shulad Not Attempt to Approach the Area While Safing Operations Continue. ”
The Explosion Follows Others During the Seventh, Eightth, and Ninth Starship Flight Tests earlier this year. “Initial Analysis Indicates The Potential Failure of a Pressurized Tank Known As a Copv, Or Composite Overwrapp Presser Vessel, Containing Gasous Nitrogen in Starship’s NoseCone Area, but the Full Data Review Is Onging, ”Spacex Says. On X, The Company Called The Explosion A “Major Anomaly.”
Fox 26 Houston Says that, According to Authorites, there has been ben no injuries reported. Spacex also Says No Injuries Have Been Reported.
This FLIGHT TEST WALD’VE Continued Using Space’s “V2” Starship Design, Whiche Musk Said in 2023“Holds More Propellant, Reduces Dry Mass and Improes Reliability.” Spacex is also preparing a new v3 Design that, According to muskWas Tracking Toward a Rate of Launching On Aven in About 12 months.
Update, June 19th: Added Information from Spacex.
