BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — SpaceX announced that it will be testing out some new objectives and experiments during its ninth Starship launch on Tuesday.

And one of those experiments is having the booster rocket being used for a second time, which is a first for Starship.

The famed 397-foot-tall (121 meter) Starship will take off from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Tuesday, SpaceX stated .

The launch window will open at 7:30 p.m. ET, for the suborbital test flight.

Starship is the spacecraft while the Super Heavy is the rocket booster. When they are combined, they are called Starship.

Starship will be part of the Artemis III mission that will send people back to the moon.

What to expect from the ninth test flight

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