Liftoff postponed in Starbase, Texas

SpaceX scrubbed the Monday morning liftoff of the primary check launch of the corporate’s totally built-in Starship car minutes earlier than it was scheduled to happen.

The corporate pivoted to a “moist costume rehearsal” of the launch, broadcasters stated on SpaceX’s reside stream, persevering with with preparations proper up till 10 seconds earlier than the scheduled launch. The launch will probably be postponed at the least 48 hours.

“A pressurant valve seems to be frozen, so except it begins working quickly, no launch right this moment,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted.

If all the pieces goes based on plan with the postponed launch, it would mark the primary time the mixed system – Tremendous Heavy booster beneath and Starship car on high – takes flight from Starbase, a SpaceX-owned facility simply exterior Brownsville, Texas. Earlier check flights, which frequently ended explosively, solely featured the Starship car itself, however this time the mixed 400-foot car is chickening out.