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SpaceX Postpones Starship Launch Over Weather After Sunday Leak

The slip extends a year marked by upper‑stage failures that have raised doubts about Starship’s readiness for NASA’s Artemis milestones.

Un vaisseau spatial SpaceX Starship au Texas, le 23 août.
La fusée Starship de SpaceX décolle depuis Starbase, au Texas, le 27 mai 2025
La philosophie de SpaceX consiste à multiplier les essais jusqu’à ce que la bonne formule soit enfin mise au point.

Overview

  • SpaceX halted Monday’s Starship test due to poor weather, with spokesperson Dan Huot saying conditions prevented liftoff.
  • Sunday’s attempt was scrubbed at about T‑15 minutes to address a ground‑side liquid oxygen leak, which Elon Musk confirmed on X.
  • SpaceX says it is targeting another window Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. local time in Texas for the tenth flight of the vehicle.
  • The planned mission emphasizes upper‑stage experiments with a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, with no mechanical‑arm catch, and separate in‑flight tests for the booster before a Gulf of Mexico splash.
  • Analysts note the upper stage has exploded in recent tests and remains unproven, even as regulators have cleared a higher launch cadence and the rocket is slated for Artemis and Musk’s Mars ambitions.