Allegedly, the nitrogen held by the COPV leaked out into the payload bay due to a failure in the tank, leading to the spark that caused the massive explosion during the engine test.

The video documented the result of combining liquid Nitrogen with hot water, resulting in an explosion of significant magnitude, blowing off the safety masks of both demonstrators, damaging tubing ...

Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion during fueling for a routine ...

SpaceX said the booster exploded after a "major anomaly" was detected. Company founder Elon Musk said that preliminary data suggests "a nitrogen COPV in the payload bay failed below its proof ...

Police in Kentucky said 10 people were injured after nitrogen exploded at a Dippin' Dots facility. According to The Paducah Sun, police received a call just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday about liquid ...

SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing late on Wednesday Texas time, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket programme ...

A Starship prototype, Starship 36, experienced a catastrophic failure during a static fire test at SpaceX's Starbase in Texas. Elon Musk acknowledged the incident, attributing it to a potential ...