{"id":354426,"date":"2025-06-19T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354426"},"modified":"2025-06-19T04:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:15:17","slug":"musks-starship-programme-suffers-another-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/musks-starship-programme-suffers-another-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s starship programme suffers another setback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Musks-starship-programme-suffers-another-setback.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354427\" width=\"311\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Musks-starship-programme-suffers-another-setback.jpg 259w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Musks-starship-programme-suffers-another-setback-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX faced another setback after its Starship vehicle exploded during a static fire test in Texas on Wednesday,&nbsp; sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said the Starship \u201cexperienced a major anomaly\u201d at about 11 pm while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX&#8217;s launch site at the southern tip of Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Starbase team is actively working to safe the test site and the immediate surrounding area in conjunction with local officials. There are no hazards to residents in surrounding communities, and we ask that individuals do not attempt to approach the area while safing operations continue,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time Musk\u2019s SpaceX has suffered a setback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite failures the company has continued testing, calling each flight an opportunity to gather crucial data for improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX faced another setback after its Starship vehicle exploded during a static fire test in Texas on Wednesday,&nbsp; sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. The company said the Starship \u201cexperienced a major anomaly\u201d at about 11 pm while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":354427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[19207,19865],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354429,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354426\/revisions\/354429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}