Starship's first three test flights of the year, from January through May, all ended with the spacecraft exploding in dramatic fashion while traveling through the air.

Those setbacks were followed in June by the fiery destruction of another Starship vehicle as the rocket company founded by Elon Musk readied it for ground testing at its South Texas facility.

The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the investigations and cleared SpaceX to conduct its next Starship flight test from South Texas.

Following , SpaceX has endured in 2025.

Starship's first three test flights of the year, from January through May, all ended with the spacecraft exploding in dramatic fashion while traveling through the air. Those setbacks were followed in June by the fiery destruction of another Starship ve

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