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An ‘Existential Gamble’: Why some Experts Are Worried as SpaceX Gears up for Next Starship Test
SpaceX aims to overcome recent failures with Starship's tenth test flight to fulfill NASA lunar contracts and Elon Musk's 2026 Mars launch goal, backed by $7.5 billion in investment.
- SpaceX plans to conduct the tenth test flight of its Starship rocket from its South Texas facility on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
- This launch follows multiple setbacks in 2025, including midair explosions and a ground mishap in June, and the recent failure traced to a fuel tank pressurization issue.
- SpaceX has replaced the faulty part and aims to demonstrate progress toward integrating lessons learned to gain NASA's confidence for human flight and Mars ambitions.
- The 403-foot Starship, the world’s largest launch vehicle, produces 16.5 million pounds of thrust and is key to NASA's Artemis moon missions and Elon Musk's Mars plans.
- Success in this test could validate technical advances and maintain the company's role in future space activities amid increasing competition from China's lunar program.
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SpaceX's giant rocket is due to take off on Sunday, August 24 for its tenth test flight after three consecutive failures. The pressure becomes enormous, because if Elon Musk's company does not meet its deadlines, it is the entire Artemis de la Nasa program that is fluttering, and with it the leadership of the United States in the race to the Moon.
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The most powerful rocket system ever built is heading for its next test, using a version of the vehicle that has been at the center of a series of explosive errors and failures. SpaceX announced that it plans to launch its Starship megarocket on a one-hour test flight starting at 7:30 p.m., Miami time, on Sunday, although takeoff time is subject to change. Live transmission of the event is expected to start about 30 minute…
The giant rocket is supposed to take people to the moon and Mars. But until the time comes, SpaceX still has a lot to do. Now the tenth test flight is on.
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USA TodayStarship flight 10: When is liftoff, what SpaceX hopes to accomplish on next launch
The time is coming for SpaceX's gargantuan Starship launch vehicle to take off once again from the company's South Texas headquarters.
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