SpaceX Starship's 10th test flight postponed over 'issue' after 3 previous failures
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket did not launch for its planned tenth test flight on Sunday night due to complications with the ground systems, dashing the company’s hopes for achieving its first successful landing of the year.

The 400-foot-tall Starship was supposed to take off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at around 7:30 p.m.

The rocket was loaded and ready with its props and propellants before preparations started to slow and the highly anticipated livestream was stalled.

The livestream initially experienced a 15-minute delay, and shortly thereafter, SpaceX decided to cancel the event, announcing on X that the flight was being postponed to “allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems.”

It’s unclear when Sunday’s flight will be rescheduled.

The Starship program has already seen three consecutive failures earlier this year.

Sunday’s attempt, which had received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration, was set to follow the previous test in May, during which the Starship rocket burned up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.

The May test came after Starship’s eighth and seventh tests, which both resulted in the rocket exploding over the Atlantic Ocean, with the burning debris filmed soaring over the Caribbean.

The company also saw a setback on June 18 when one of the rockets suddenly exploded into an enormous fireball during a routine test.

Previous issues SpaceX identified that contributed to the numerous explosions include failures on the rockets’ main fuel tank and payload bay.

Other tests, much like Sunday’s, were stalled due to unresolved issues identified during test runs.

The Starship rocket is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, saving SpaceX significantly on cost and resources, which would aid the company in reaching its ultimate goal of pioneering travel to the Moon and Mars.

While NASA is working towards reaching Mars through its Artemis program, Musk is also eyeing interests on the Red Planet with loose plans to launch uncrewed trips as early as 2028.

SpaceX was tapped to assist with the space agency’s upcoming Artemis 3 mission to return to the Moon in 2027.

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