Starship/Super Heavy Flight Test Scrubbed

Irene Klotz April 17, 2023
SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy
Credit: SpaceX
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—SpaceX turned the first launch attempt of its integrated Starship/Super Heavy vehicle into a wet dress rehearsal following a system pressurization issue that surfaced about 30 min. before a targeted 9:20 a.m. EDT liftoff on April 17. “A pressurant valve appears to be frozen...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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