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SpaceX’s Starship Rocket is taking a second shot in the 10th Test flight on Monday evening, a day after a technical issue, the company forced the company to cancel the liftoff from its South Texas site.
This latest test is an important milestone for the ambitious plans of Elon Musk that is to use starships to bring astronauts to the moon and finally, to win Mars.
SpaceX said on Sunday evening attempts on ET Monday at 7:30 pm with the team resetting their places on a new launch window due to ground-system problems.
The spaceflight is set to stream live.
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Starships have faced many shocks including several fierce explosions at their development phase.
Flights ended in 7, 8 and 9 failure after the lift earlier this year, and another rocket exploded at a Test stand in June.
Despite the failures, SpaceX has pressed and said that each shock is part of the learning state for the world’s most powerful, 403-foot rocket.
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The focus of Monday’s mission will be the upper stage of the spacecraft, designed to move the crew and cargo into space before returning to Earth with a controlled descendant in the US Gulf.
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A successful test will also take a step further to prove the re -purpose of the system, which is important for the vision of the cheap space trip.
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