The countdown was halted at the 40-second mark because of a stuck valve in the first-stage booster. Launch controllers couldn’t fix the frozen valve in time, and canceled the attempt.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX called off the first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a problem cropped up during fueling,
Elon Musk’s company had planned to fly the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. The countdown continued, and fueling was completed, as a dress rehearsal.“Learned a lot today,” Musk tweeted after the flight was postponed.On the eve of the launch attempt, cars, campers, RVs and even bicycles and horses jammed the only road leading to the launch pad, where the stainless steel rocket towered above the flat scrubland and prairie.
On Monday, spectators were barred from the area, and instead packed a beach about six miles away on South Padre Island. Ernesto and Maria Carreon drove two hours from Mission, Texas, with their two daughters, 5 and 7, to watch.They can’t return for the next try but planned to have fun on the beach Monday.“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience to see it,” she said.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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