Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket explodes on platform in Texas
A large SpaceX rocket segment exploded on a test platform in south Texas on Wednesday night (Thursday morning AEST), sending a massive fireball high into the sky.
It marked the fourth consecutive failure of a Starship rocket, which is designed to realise founder Elon Musk's dream of humanity colonising Mars.
SpaceX said the Starship 'experienced a major anomaly' at about 11pm local time (8am AEST) on a test stand. It was preparing for flight test at Starbase, the small town that Musk is using as a base for his operations at the southern tip of Texas.
'A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for,' SpaceX said in a statement on the social platform X.
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