Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to launch its massive Starship rocket for a tenth time from Texas on Sunday to achieve several long-sought development milestones missed due to past tests ending in early failures.

The 232-foot tall Super Heavy booster and its 171-feet (52 meters) tall Starship upper half sat stacked on a launch mount at SpaceX's Starbase rocket facilities ahead of an expected 7:30 p.m. ET liftoff time. Musk is expected to provide an update on Starship's development progress prior to the rocket's launch on Sunday.

Development of SpaceX's next-generation rocket, the center of the company's powerful launch business future and Musk's Mars ambitions, has faced repeated hiccups this year as NASA hopes to use the rocket as soon as 2027 for its first crewed moon landing since the Apoll

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