SpaceX Starship Flight Test Delayed By At Least 48 Hours

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SpaceX decided to stand down from its maiden test launch of the Starship rocket earlier today. The test launch, initially slated to take place earlier this month, was finally scheduled for today but before today's scrub, it appeared unlikely specially since the company had not conducted a wet dress rehearsal of the rocket. SpaceX's flight director for the Starshp launch decided that the rocket will not liftoff roughly nine minutes before a potential liftoff - with the presenter explaining that teams had decided to treat the launch as a wet dress rehearsal instead.

Starship is the world's rocket and the first time in decades that a rocket with almost three dozen engines will attempt to take to the skies. Today's test campaign started early in the morning at central time, and it came without a wet dress rehearsal that is typically conducted for tests similar to Starship's. However, SpaceX had announced earlier that it would not conduct a wet dress rehearsal of the Starship rocket, after the firm initially indicated that it would have done so.

A wet dress rehearsal is when a rocket's fuel and propellants are loaded on it, to test its internal management systems and the ground systems as well. Within a rocket there are a multitude of pressurization pumps and other components that make sure that the liquids are in the right configuration.

However, today, roughly 17 minutes before launch, SpaceX's flight presenter John Insprucker explained that the test's flight director was discussion an issue with the pressurization of the vehicle and deciding whether to continue with today's launch. After eight minutes, Mr. Insprucker confirmed that the teams had decided not to proceed with today's launch and treat the test as a wet dress