LOS ANGELES, July 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX scrubbed the 13th flight test of its giant Starship rocket at the last second due to engine issues on Thursday.
The launch was scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Central Time (2245 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility in the U.S. state of Texas but was later called off. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said in a post on X that "some of the engines didn't start, triggering an automatic launch abort."
Musk said the next launch attempt would be "hopefully in a few days."
The mission aims to continue testing the upgraded Version 3 Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, which made their debut during the previous flight test in May. ■