SpaceX preparing for 10th Starship flight test

SpaceX is planning to launch its tenth flight test of their megarocket Starship, according a news release.

The space agency said the rocket could launch as soon as Sunday, with a launch window opening at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

According to the release, “after completing investigations into the loss of Starship on its ninth flight test and the Ship 36 static fire anomaly,hardware and operational changes have been made to increase reliability.”

In June, a SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.

[VIDEO: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into fireball during test]

It marked the latest in a series of incidents involving Starship rockets.On Jan. 16, one of the massive rockets broke apart in what the company called a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” sending trails of flaming debrisnear the Caribbean. Two months later, Space X lost contact with another Starship during a March 6 test flight as the spacecraft broke apart, with wreckage seen streaming over Florida.

[VIDEO: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes into fireball during test]

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