SpaceX Starship launch aborted when engines fail to start just before takeoff
Space SpaceX Starship launch aborted when engines fail to start just before takeoff By Associated Press Published July 17, 2026, 12:24 a.m. Add The New York Post on Google SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday but some of the engines failed to start, triggering a launch abort. Elon Musk’s company said it will have to figure out what went wrong before making another attempt to send Starship on a space-skimming flight halfway around the world.
- ▪Space SpaceX Starship launch aborted when engines fail to start just before takeoff By Associated Press Published July 17, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday but some of the engines failed to start, triggering a launch abort.
- ▪Elon Musk’s company said it will have to figure out what went wrong before making another attempt to send Starship on a space-skimming flight halfway around the world.
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