SpaceX's Prototype Starship Exploded In Giant Fireball Mid-Testing

SpaceX's Starship prototype exploded in a gigantic ball of fire mid-test, one day before the company is due to jointly launch the first crewed mission from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

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One day before SpaceX's Crew Dragon is due to carry two astronauts on the first crewed mission from U.S. soil to the International Space Station, Elon Musk's company prototype Starship was destroyed in a mid-test explosion in Boca Chica, Texas.

The boom was caught on livestream (skip ahead roughly two hours):

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