SpaceX scrubs 10th flight test of Starship twice in 24 hours
SpaceX canceled the second scheduled 10th launch of the Starship with 40 seconds left on the countdown.
The rescheduling of Monday evening was "due to weather," the company said on X.
Monday's launch was orginally scheduled for Sunday, which was also scrubbed moments before the flight was set to begin.
"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," SpaceX said in a statement Sunday.
Starship's 10th flight test was scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase launch site in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
The company has yet to successfully complete a mission for the stainless-steel spacecraft, which is being engineered to be fully reusable and would be able to carry up to 100 people to deep space destinations.
In mid-June, a Starship exploded on the launch pad during a pre-flight engine test.
That explosion occurred less than a month after test flight nine ended prematurely when the "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly" due to several mechanical failures minutes into the flight, according to SpaceX.
The company also lost the first stage heavy booster during the test after it appeared to explode while splashing down in the Gulf. SpaceX blames "higher than predicted forces on the booster structure" for the loss.
