SpaceX just had a big oops. The Starship second stage blew up on the test site, just before a static fire test. From the video, it looks like the failure occurred in the upper part of the ship with propellant venting at the top, then igniting resulting in a very impressive fireball and complete destruction of the ship. No one was injured at the test site but the ground equipment is probably toast.
This is going to set the launch program back for quite a while and probably means they won't be able to launch to Mars in 2027.
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