Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/newest-starship-booster-is-significantly-damaged-during-testing-early-friday/

The V3 booster and test stand did not RUD, but there's significant damage. It seems likely that this booster will need to be scrapped.

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becausechemistry@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 271d

The view from the NSF stream right now looks like the lower section blew open sideways. Maybe they were pressure testing the methane tank and it didn’t go well?