SpaceX Aborts Starship Test Launch Moments Before Liftoff
The eighth test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket was halted due to unspecified technical issues, delaying its ambitious goals of lunar and Mars missions.
- SpaceX's Starship test flight was aborted less than a minute before liftoff due to technical problems, with no immediate details provided on the issue.
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had recently lifted a temporary flight ban imposed after the previous test flight in January, which saw the upper stage explode upon descent.
- Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, aims to be fully reusable to reduce costs and enable missions to the Moon and Mars.
- The rocket system consists of a 70-meter booster, Super Heavy, and a 50-meter upper stage, both designed for reuse, though the upper stage is not yet capable of safe Earth landings.
- SpaceX's investigation into the January incident led to design changes, but the FAA approved the new launch before completing its review of SpaceX's findings.
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