# One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test in Texas, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. 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.
Another setback for Elon Musk’s Starships as one explodes in Texas