• SpaceX was aiming to launch a 10th test flight of a Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster at around 7:30 p.m. ET.
• The company postponed the launch attempt because of “an issue with ground systems,” indicating there were problems with the launchpad or other supporting infrastructure.
• Starship’s 10th test flight will follow a string of explosive missteps dating back to January, when the company debuted a new generation of vehicles. The Starship spacecraft has not made it through a clean flight test since November 2024.
• SpaceX has already said the 10th flight will be one of the last for this version of Starship before the company debuts an even larger vehicle.
• CEO Elon Musk has long billed Starship as the vehicle that will carry humans to Mars for the first time. Starship is also considered crucial to NASA’s goal of returning astronauts to the moon this decade.
