Starship For Flight 10 Explodes On Test Stand

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A SpaceX Starship vehicle explodes on a test stand.

Credit: @LabPadre/YouTube@LabPadre for Aviation Week
A SpaceX Starship vehicle being prepared for the company’s upcoming 10th integrated flight test exploded on a test stand around midnight EDT June 19. SpaceX says there were no injuries from the explosion, which created a huge fireball, video posted on multiple social media accounts shows. Several...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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