SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death
SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket for the first time
By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner
An October 2025 test flight of SpaceX’s Starship.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for what could be the most critical test of its Starship megarocket to date as the company comes under the scrutiny of federal officials who are worried that delays to the Starship program will eat into NASA’s planned moon mission timeline and affect worker safety at SpaceX’s Starbase complex in Texas.