SpaceX Starship — the giant rocket built to take humans to Mars — went up in flames again. On the night of June 18, during a routine engine test at Starbase in South Texas, the latest prototype exploded in a massive fireball that lit up the sky.
Engineers were testing the upper stage of Starship Flight 10 when something went wrong — fast. One moment, all seemed normal. Next, the rocket was gone. NASASpaceflight.com captured the fiery moment on video, and it quickly made waves online and around the world.
This test was supposed to be a simple check — fire up the engines, confirm everything’s ready for launch, just like a successful run back in May. This time, things didn’t go as planned. The rocket exploded during the test, a total loss — but the good news is, no one was hurt. SpaceX confirmed everyone on-site was safe and immediately began looking into what went wrong.
Setbacks like this aren’t new in rocket science. SpaceX has always taken a bold “build, test, fail, repeat” approach — and they’re not backing down now. The team is already working on the next version, staying locked in on the big goal: making SpaceX Starship ready for deep space missions, and one day, Mars.
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