SpaceX Calls Off First Launch Attempt of Giant New Rocket

SpaceX's Starship rocket at the launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, in an undated photo. SpaceX via AP

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—SpaceX called off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a problem cropped up during fueling,

Elon Musk’s company had planned to fly the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border.