SpaceX will attempt a second launch of its Starship rocket after the first launch attempt was scrubbed due to a frozen valve in the pressurization system.
A US national flag blows in the wind as workers prepare the SpaceX Starship rocket as it stands on the launchpad ahead of its scheduled launch from the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, April 18, 2023.SpaceX will attempt a second launch of its Starship rocket after theThe launch will take place at the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas -- about 20 miles east of Brownsville -- with a 62-minute window opening at 9:28 a.m. ET.
"Starhsip is a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond," SpaceX said in a. "With a test such as this, success is measured by how much we can learn, which will inform and improve the probability of success in the future as SpaceX rapidly advances development of Starship.
If successful, Starship and its rocket, which is called Super Heavy, will head up to the skies and 33 Raptor engines will ignite simultaneously. About eight minutes after liftoff, Super Heavy will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico.
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