Musk’s SpaceX Starship set for critical test launch after series of dramatic blunders

SpaceX’s 403-foot Starship is set to lift off Sunday evening from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas, marking its most ambitious test yet after a string of setbacks.

The launch, SpaceX’s tenth test flight, comes after multiple failures in recent years — including three disastrous explosions in 2025 alone. 

Between January and June, SpaceX suffered four Starship setbacks — a dramatic explosion in its first test flight, a midair blast in the second, a fiery destruction in the third, and finally a ground-test explosion following those in-flight failures.

Now engineers will attempt a series of high-risk maneuvers designed to prove Starship’s reusability, a critical step in owner Elon Musk’s long-term plan to reach the Moon and eventually conquer Mars.

This would be a milestone for SpaceX, which has said it is essential for its Artemis moon lander contract with NASA and Musk’s ultimate goal of colonizing Mars.

A live webcast of Sunday’s mission will begin approximately 30 minutes before liftoff.

Fox News Digital has reached out to SpaceX for comment.