SpaceX has lined up its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket for what would be its 10th suborbital test flight aiming to complete goals that have fallen short so far in 2025.
SpaceX stood down, though, from a Sunday night attempt to relaunch the most powerful rocket to ever make it to space “to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems,” the company stated. Propellant load on the Super Heavy booster had already begun before the scrub was called.
A new launch target date has yet to be announced.
The first two launch attempts this year had explosive ends to its upper stage that painted the skies with destructive debris seen from Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. A third launch had the upper stage lost over the Indian Ocean.
The booster at least has seen some succes