SpaceX said it was “standing down” from Sunday’s 10th flight test of its megarocket Starship.
The space agency said the launch window planned to open at 7:30 p.m. EDT, but posted on social media around 7:15 p.m. saying it needed “to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems.”
Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 24, 2025
According to a news release, “after completing investigations into the loss of Starship on its ninth flight test and the Ship 36 static fire anomaly, hardware and operational changes have been made to increase reliability."
In June, a SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.
[VIDEO: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into fireball during test]
It marked the latest in a series of incidents involving Starship rockets.On Jan. 16, one of the massive rockets broke apart in what the company called a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” sending trails of flaming debrisnear the Caribbean. Two months later, Space X lost contact with another Starship during a March 6 test flight as the spacecraft broke apart, with wreckage seen streaming over Florida.
[VIDEO: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into fireball during test]
SpaceX did not say when they would try to launch again.