SpaceX Will Try Again to Launch Its Mega Rocket Into Orbit After First Attempt Ended in Explosion

SpaceX Will Try Again to Launch Its Mega Rocket Into Orbit After First Attempt Ended in Explosion
SpaceX's Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. SpaceX via AP
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SpaceX has postponed its second attempt to launch the company’s Starship rocket system into space by a day to Saturday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, citing a piece of flight control hardware that needed replacing.

“We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday,” Mr. Musk wrote on social media platform X on Thursday.