No injuries were reported in the mishap, which occurred with the upper-stage vehicle on a test stand ahead of a planned test firing.

The incident occurred just before Ship 36 was scheduled for a critical static fire test—a procedure in which the rocket's engines are ignited while the vehicle remains anchored to the ground, serving as a final systems check before launch.

A SpaceX Starship exploded into a giant fireball at Elon Musk's Starbase test site in Texas during a test on Wednesday (18 June) night.