Elon Musk Reacts After Rocket Explodes Amid Texas Test

A Spacex The rocket tested in Texas exploded Wednesday evening (June 18), sending a ball of dramatic fire to the sky. So far, no report from the company has been citing injuries to employees or residents. Like social media users, Elon Musk reacted to the images of the explosion on its X platform, formerly Twitter.

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More details on the SpaceX explosion in Texas

In response to the rocket incident, the company said that the spaceship “had a major anomaly” around 11 pm at the time, the rocket was on the test stand. He was preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, the SpaceX launch site located at the southern tip of Texas

“A clear safety area around the site has been maintained throughout the operation and all the staff is safe and taken into account,” SpaceX said in a press release on the social platform X.

In addition, the press release indicates that the Starbase team “works actively” to ensure the safety of the test site and the surrounding area. However, he also noted any danger for residents of the surrounding communities. However, SpaceX asks individuals not to try to approach the area while the security operations continue.

On Wednesday, June 18, around 11 p.m. CT, the starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly when he was on a test stand. A clear safety area around the site has been maintained throughout the operation and all the staff are safe and explained …

– SpaceX (@Spacex) June 19, 2025

The CEO of SpaceX reacts like this to test the failure

Meanwhile, Elon Musk has accumulated 13,000 reactions on X when He tweeted “Just a scratch” After the explosion.

Another account that shares space flights, rockets and technological content responded to Elon with the sentence, but included photos of Elon posing what looks like explosions and test tests. We do not know if one of the images represents Elon on the website of the Wednesday incident. Again, the CEO of SpaceX responded with casualness, “Improvement room”, “ in quotes.

“Improvement room”

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2025

Other incidents related to starship rockets

Wednesday’s explosion marked the last in a series of incidents involving Starship Rockets. On January 16, one of the massive rockets separated into what the company called a “Unexpected rapid disassembly.” This incident sent ignited debris trails near the Caribbean. Two months later, during a test flight on March 6, SpaceX lost contact with another spacecraft while the spacecraft separated. The wreckage could be seen in streaming on Florida.

Then, on March 27, one of the 403 -foot starship rockets launched from the southern tip of Texas dropped out of control and separated.

SpaceX had hoped to publish a series of simulated satellites after takeoff, but this plan was Nixé because the door failed to open all along. The spaceship then started to turn and made an uncontrolled landing in the Indian Ocean. At the time, Elon Musk described the launch of “great improvement” of the two previous demos. Musk has also promised a much faster launch rate in the future, with a spacecraft that rises every three to four weeks for the next three flights.

The staff of the Associated Press contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.