Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its towering Starship rocket to space but suffered a mid-flight failure.
This is CNBC's live blog covering SpaceX's orbital launch attempt of its Starship rocket on Thursday.
The company had hoped to conduct the first orbital Starship launch as early as summer 2021, but faced delays in development and in winningStarship is designed to carry cargo and people beyond Earth and is critical to NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon. Two years ago, SpaceX won a nearly $3 billion contract from NASA to use Starship as a crewed lunar lander.
The countdown to launch has ticked below T-15, which is about the moment where SpaceX called off Monday's attempt because of that frozen pressure valve.The SpaceX Starship rocket stands on the launchpad from the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica as seen from South Padre Island, Texas on April 17, 2023.Fully-stacked on the Super Heavy booster, Starship stands 394 feet tall, and is about 30 feet in diameter – making it the tallest rocket ever assembled.
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