The decision to abort the launch came with less than an hour before the rocket would have soared into the sky and with the ...
The company is also celebrating the third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines.
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, was set to lift off during a one-hour window that opened at 5:30 p.m. CT.
Starship had been expected to launch again Monday. A previous launch ended in an explosion over the Caribbean, and sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling rocket debris.
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set for another test flight. During its last test run in January, the spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, raining debris over populated islands.
Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX has ...
Watching a rocket launch while at the beach is SO Florida. It’s a popular hashtag on Instagram, too On the Space Coast of Florida, there’s typically a rumble after a rocket launch and ...
Watching a rocket launch while at the beach is SO Florida. It’s a popular hashtag on Instagram, too. A “so Florida” thing to do is coming up: a potential SpaceX rocket launch. An evening ...