The two-stage megarocket — which features the Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heavy booster — will attempt liftoff during a 30-minute window that opens at 5 p.m.
If the test flight team deems conditions are favorable for a landing attempt, booster touchdown should occur about seven minutes after launch.
Joe Skipper/ReutersThe Starship spacecraft, meanwhile, will fire up its own six engines before entering a coasting phase as it soars through space.
During the fourth integrated Starship test flight in early June, the spacecraft endured significant damage.
“In 2025, SpaceX plans to undertake a long-duration flight test and a propellant transfer flight test,” according to a recent report from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General, or OIG.
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