Last-minute problems with SpaceX's Starship forces delay of latest test flight

Last-minute problems person delayed the latest motorboat of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship

Last-minute problems forced a motorboat hold Monday for SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship, attempting a comeback pursuing an explosion connected the past trial flight.

The countdown got down to the 40-second mark, but it was halted due to the fact that of issues with the 403-foot (123-meter) rocket, the world’s largest and astir powerful.

Starship was expected to blast disconnected from the confederate extremity of Texas with 4 mock satellites connected committee for a space-skimming trial flight. If the problems tin beryllium fixed quickly, different motorboat effort could travel Tuesday, according to SpaceX.

The past Starship demo ended successful an detonation implicit the Atlantic successful January, with flaming debris streaming implicit the Turks and Caicos.

Starship has already been booked by NASA for astronaut satellite landings aboriginal this decade. SpaceX's Elon Musk intends to usage the mammoth rockets to settee Mars.

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