SpaceX prototype engine explodes during test at Texas site
BROWNSVILLE, TX - A prototype starship engine exploded during a test at the SpaceX site in Texas.
The explosion happened Friday afternoon at the SpaceX campus in Boca Chica. Video captured during a live stream of the test shows the Starship SN4 prototype's engine leaking a type of gas before igniting in a massive fireball.
RIP Starship SN4 ??https://t.co/klPMtZHxjW pic.twitter.com/hrrElBXmSC
— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) May 29, 2020
Friday was reportedly the prototype's fourth "static fire test" of its engine.
Crews were alerted to the fire at the site around 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Brownsville Fire Chief Jarrett Sheldon told KRGV his firefighters are monitoring the situation, but they haven't been called to assist.
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Sheldon says SpaceX has their own fire crews working the incident.