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Investing.com-- Elon Musk’s SpaceX aborted the eighth test flight of its Starship rocket on Monday due to an unspecified issue detected during final checks.
The countdown was halted at T-minus 40 seconds, with a brief resumption before a final hold at T-minus 29 seconds led to the scrub.
The 403-foot-tall Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, was poised for launch from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. This mission aimed to deploy four mock Starlink satellites and conduct multiple reentry experiments.
This delay follows a previous test flight in January that ended prematurely when the rocket exploded over the Caribbean, leading to falling debris over the Turks and Caicos Islands and a subsequent federal investigation.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated on social media that it was best to inspect both stages of the rocket before retrying the launch in a day or two.
The company has not confirmed a new launch date but may attempt another launch as early as Tuesday.
NASA plans to utilize Starship for astronaut moon landings later this decade, and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Musk envisions the rocket as pivotal for future missions to settle Mars.