Why did SpaceX cancel 10th launch of Starship moments before flight was scheduled to begin?
Posted on: Aug 25, 2025 05:47 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
SpaceX has proclaimed that it is canceling the 10th set in motion of the spaceship, simply moments before the flight of stairs was scheduled to begin. “Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems,” SpaceX wrote on X.
The 10th flight was set to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase launch site in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The company has not yet successfully completed a mission for the spacecraft. It is being engineered to be fully reusable and is expected to be able to carry up to 100 people to deep space destinations, according to ABC News.
Notably, a Starship shockingly exploded on the launch pad during a pre-flight engine test back in June. The explosion took place less than a month after the ninth test flight ended prematurely when the "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly" due to various mechanical failures, SpaceX said.
SpaceX even lost the first stage heavy booster during the test. This happened after it appeared to explode while splashing down in the Gulf. SpaceX said that the loss was due to "higher than predicted forces on the booster structure."
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