These phrases may seem concerning, but they're part of SpaceX's "fail fast, learn fast" methodology. The explosions in January and March were caused by oxygen and fuel leaks near the ship's engine, causing an immediate inferno.

Starship is unlike other rockets. And SpaceX is testing it to destruction—deliberately. The biggest, heaviest, most powerful rocket humans have ever made, SpaceX’s Starship, blazed into the skies late Tuesday on its ninth test flight.