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Local officials and SpaceX exploded in a dramatic fireball late in a night late at night in a engine test at the Starbase facility in Texas of the company on Thursday. The explosion recorded in the live video was not injured shortly after midnight Wednesday, June 18th.

The incident occurred during a standard static fire test of primary importance to verify the motor reliability for the next tenth flight test of the star ship. SpaceX said that there was a “great anomaly” in a statement published on X on Wednesday, June 18 at around 23:00 on Wednesday, June 18th.

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Founded by Elon Musk, SpaceX clearly stated that a security zone is in place and that all people are safe. “Our Starbase team is currently trying to close the test site and the environment in cooperation with local authorities. There is no risk for nearby residents and we want people to stay away from the region.”

Cameron County Precince 1 Constable’s office confirmed the explosion in a Facebook article, which was launched immediately that the ship’s 36’s “a disaster failure and exploded shortly after 23:00” and an investigation continues to describe why. “He said.

This prototype, the second fixed test fever, is expected to take back the timeline for SpaceX’s Moon and Mars mission for facilitating the Mars and Mars mission. The reason is yet to be investigated by threatening officials and SpaceX for nearby communities.