Elon Musk has shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) revealing that he will host a live session to share technical updates on Starship. “Shortly before the next flight, I will do a live technical update on Starship,

The post SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight 9 Accomplished A Lot, But Resulted In A Massive Explosion, Marking The Fourth Failed Test Flight For The Massive Rocket first on TwistedSifter. The ninth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship recently took place, and like several others before, it ended with an explosion.

SpaceX is ten full-scale test launches into developing its enormous, nearly 400-feet-tall Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built. Over the last two and a half years, we've seen over half a dozen spectacular explosions.

Since 2019, SpaceX’s Starship has gone through dozens of fiery tests in its quest to become a low-cost rocket for Mars and deep space missions.

With the FAA’s recent approval of SpaceX’s new splashdown area, the company will be allowed to litter larger regions of the Pacific Ocean that include Mokumanamana and seven other Hawaiian islands that lie within a UNESCO world heritage site, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, according to The Guardian’s report.

A salvage ship was working in Mexican waters southeast of Starbase to pull up parts of a Starship booster that flew in November.

Nine test flights and counting, Starship’s future remains uncertain. While Musk promises progress, repeat launch failures threaten his Mars goals and NASA.

SpaceX Starship's 9th flight test ended with the loss of the vehicle over the Indian Ocean. The ship lost attitude control while in suborbital space. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com