SpaceX Scrubs Starship Test Launch Due to Technical Issue.
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SpaceX postponed the launch of its Starship rocket due to a valve issue on the rocket's first stage. The company plans to attempt another launch in a few days. SpaceX used the delay to practice loading the rocket and spacecraft with 10 million pounds of very cold propellant. The Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft would have more power than NASA's Space Launch System, which also had to wave off its first launch attempt because of technical challenges. NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to use the vehicle to land its astronauts on the moon.
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