🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. ✖ SpaceX owner Elon Musk wrote "Just a scratch" on social media after the company's Starship rocket exploded into a fireball before a schedule test flight on Wednesday. The rocket suffered a "major anomaly," SpaceX said of the blast, which occurred about 11 p.m. local time at the Massey's Testing Center in Texas. "All personnel are safe and accounted for" and there are "no hazards to residents," it added. Why It Matters This is the third setback of the year for the Starship program, SpaceX's central project for future lunar and martian missions. Starship, which was pitched as the world's most powerful rocket, is integral to NASA's Artemis program as well as SpaceX's private plans for deep space travel. Musk has a habit of downplaying any malfunctions or "rapid disassembly" of SpaceX projects, describing an explosion in May with the phrase: "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" What To Know Starship's upper stage, known simply as Ship, was undergoing preparations for a static-fire test, an exercise in which engines are fired while the rocket is restrained on the ground, when the explosion occurred. Video from NASASpaceflight.com captured the incident, which sent a fireball into the night sky. In the footage, the rocket can be seen standing in the dock, before seemingly exploding without warning. Footage of the SpaceX Starship at the Texas launch site, on June 18, 2025. Footage of the SpaceX Starship at the Texas launch site, on June 18, 2025. Storyful The explosion sent waves of fire toward cameras monitoring the event, with slo-mo footage suggestng different parts of the ship exploded at different times, seemingly in a chain reaction. Shortly after the explosion, SpaceX issued a statement confirming that "[a]ll personnel are safe and accounted for," saying that "a safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation." On 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…