A SpaceX Starship spacecraft sits atop a super heavy booster at the launch pad before its scheduled tenth test flight, at the company's complex in Starbase, Texas, the United States, Aug 24, 2025. [Photo/Agencies]
LOS ANGELES --bt 磁力屋 US private space company SpaceX called off the 10th flight test of its powerful Starship rocket on Sunday due to technical problems.
The launch had been scheduled for 6:30 pm Central Daylight Time (2330 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility in the US state of Texas. However, a problem with ground systems forced the company to scrub the attempt, said SpaceX.
The 10th flight test is expected to target similar objectives as previous missions, including Starship's first payload deployment and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the upper stage to the launch site for catch, it added.
SpaceX's Starsbt 磁力屋hip spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket, collectively referred to as Starship, represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.