STARBASE, Texas — A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky. The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at about 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship exploded into an enormous fireball on Wednesday night during a test for an upcoming launch, in a catastrophic setback for the private space company.