Technical Issue Scrubs Starship Launch Attempt

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SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy system was fueled with liquid oxygen and liquid methane for a launch attempt on March 3. After unplanned holds at the T-minus 40 sec. mark, the launch was scrubbed.

Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX called off plans to launch its eighth Starship-Super Heavy flight test March 3 after a series of automated holds suspended the countdown 40 sec. before liftoff from Boca Chica, Texas. The company did not immediately say what the issue or issues were. For the first time, SpaceX stacked the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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