The two-stage rocketship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet high, was originally slated for blast-off from the SpaceX “Starbase” facility at Boca Chica, Texas, duri…
in the final minutes of countdown due to a frozen valve, delaying the uncrewed test flight for at least two days.
SpaceX officials on the webcast said ground teams would nevertheless continue pre-flight fueling of the rocket until the last seconds of Monday’s countdown, turning the canceled launch bid into a “wet dress rehearsal” for the next attempt. The two-stage rocketship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet high, was originally slated for blast-off from the SpaceX “Starbase” facility at Boca Chica, Texas.SpaceX cited a frozen pressurization valve in the lower-stage rocket booster for the postponment.A successful debut flight would also instantly rank the Starship system as the most powerful launch vehicle on Earth.
Prototypes of the Starship cruise vessel have made five sub-space flights up to 6 miles above Earth in recent years, but the Super Heavy booster has never left the ground.
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