{"id":796750,"date":"2025-06-19T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796750"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:57:09","slug":"starship-36-explodes-during-static-fire-test-at-spacex-starbase-facility-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796750","title":{"rendered":"Starship 36 explodes during static-fire test at SpaceX Starbase facility, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Starship 36 exploded during a static-fire test at SpaceX\u2019s Starbase facility in Texas at around 23:00 local time (LT) on June 18, 2025, destroying the prototype and delaying upcoming missions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71AwkBt3_ts\" data-id=\"71AwkBt3_ts\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SpaceX Starship 36 Explodes During Flight 10 Testing at Starbase\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71AwkBt3_ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A static-fire test of SpaceX\u2019s Starship prototype \u201cShip 36\u201d ended in a catastrophic explosion at 23:00 LT on June 18, at the company\u2019s Starbase testing grounds in Boca Chica, Texas. The test was part of preparations for the tenth Starship flight. SpaceX confirmed that all personnel were safe and that a safety perimeter was maintained throughout the operation.<\/p>\n<p>According to SpaceX\u2019s official statement, the vehicle experienced \u201ca major anomaly\u201d while on the test stand. They added that teams were \u201cactively working to safe the test site and surrounding area in conjunction with local officials,\u201d and that there were no injuries or hazards to local communities. <\/p>\n<p>Local law enforcement and emergency services responded to the event. Cameron County officials confirmed that emergency protocols were enacted, but no injuries occurred.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"880\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a video of Massey&#8217;s taken by boat this morning by the Raptor Roost. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaptorRoostTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RaptorRoostTX<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5u5J3aucN\">pic.twitter.com\/m5u5J3aucN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Base Camp Zero (@clwphoto1) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clwphoto1\/status\/1935681757577166904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>The explosion was preceded by a large methane vent and followed by a fireball that shook homes in nearby areas. The blast generated a sustained fire that burned for more than an hour after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The test was conducted two days after Ship 36 had performed a single-engine static-fire on June 16, and followed a full cryogenic proof test on April 27. It was intended as part of a series of engine tests leading up to an integrated launch.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion originated near the vehicle\u2019s nose or header tanks, though no official cause has yet been released. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to initiate a formal mishap investigation.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"880\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SpaceX&#8217;s Starship 36 suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded during a routine static fire test Wednesday night at Starbase, Texas. No injuries were reported. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bzLhWTHFWx\">pic.twitter.com\/bzLhWTHFWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mollyploofkins\/status\/1935647147745251500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>The incident will delay the upcoming Starship Flight 10, originally targeted for late June. The test stand at Massey was also damaged in the blast, requiring inspection and repair before future use.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the fourth major Starship failure in 2025. Starship Flights 7, 8, and 9 all ended in partial or complete loss of vehicle, continuing a pattern of high-risk testing aimed at rapid development of the launch system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-6-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-78e1032e50f96008f81d7787099921ed\"><em>Feature image credit: NASA Space Flight <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 5.1.0 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2025\/06\/19\/starship-36-explodes-static-fire-test-spacex-starbase-facility-texas\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starship 36 exploded during a static-fire test at SpaceX\u2019s Starbase facility in Texas at around 23:00 local time (LT) on June 18, 2025, destroying the prototype and delaying upcoming missions.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":796751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=796750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/796751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=796750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=796750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=796750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}