Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...

Facepalm: SpaceX was preparing its Starship rocket for a 10th flight test – initially scheduled for June 29 – when it exploded during a static fire at the Starbase launch site in Texas shortly after ...

SpaceX’s full six engine static fire of Starship Ship 35 did not go as planned, and cameras captured debris flying from the flame trench followed by a sudden blue flash about 25 seconds into the test.