SpaceX to attempt second Starship test-launch on Thursday

The first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket was scrubbed minutes before blastoff on Monday.

SpaceX will make its second attempt to test-launch its giant Starship and Super Heavy rocket on Thursday.

On Monday morning the private space company was forced to scrub the first test-launch... SpaceX will make its second attempt to test-launch its giant Starship and Super Heavy rocket on Thursday. On Monday morning the private space company was forced to scrub the first test-launch of the integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket, apparently because of an issue related to its stage 1 rocket. In a tweet Monday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that “a pressurant valve appears to be frozen.”Thursday’s 62-minute launch window opens at 9:28 a.m. Eastern time and closes at 10:30 a.m., according to a SpaceX statement.

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