"3️⃣ One of *Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in T" – AFP News, June 19, 2025

3️⃣ One of *Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas*, in the latest setback to the billionaire's dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. 🇺🇸 The *Starship 36 suffered "catastrophic failure and exploded"* at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 0400 GMT, a Facebook post by the Cameron County law enforcement authorities said. 🚀 A video showed the megarocket attached to the launch arm, and then *a flash and a towering, fiery explosion*. 🔥 Musk's *Space X said the rocket was preparing for the tenth flight test* when it "experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase," without elaborating on the nature of the complication.

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