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Booster 18 was a Super Heavy vehicle, the first of the v3 Booster variant. The booster, intended to fly on Starship Flight 12, failed during gas system pressure testing.
Booster 18 suffered a failure during gas system pressure testing that was to be conducted in advance of structural proof testing. For clarity, similar ambient pressure tests are performed with every vehicle, but as it is difficult to tell when these tests are conducted due to the lack of visible frost or other obvious external indicators, these tests are typically excluded from Next Spaceflight. The outcome of this test, of course, makes this the exception.