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How to watch SpaceX's ninth Starship flight test on Tuesday


The launch window for Starship's ninth flight test opens on May 27 at 7:30PM ET.

The FAA last week cleared SpaceX's Starship to fly again after concluding its review of the previous flight, which ended in an explosion, and the next test could now take off as soon as Tuesday. The Super Heavy booster was able to return to the launch site after separation from the upper stage and be successfully caught by the tower's "chopstick" arms, but as for the ship itself, several Raptor engines shut off, causing it to tumble and ultimately blow itself up. SpaceX says the issue was likely due to "a hardware failure in one of the upper stage’s center Raptor engines that resulted in inadvertent propellant mixing and ignition."

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