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SpaceX canceled Thursday’s planned launch of its twelfth Starship rocket from Texas, announcing the company will make another attempt on Friday.<\/p>

The launch was called off on May 21, with the space company providing no immediate details about the reason for the delay.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The space company called off Thursday’s planned launch of its twelfth Starship rocket from Texas. Another attempt is scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[838],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779410240278.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-iio","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70272,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/spacex-prepares-12th-starship-test-after-series-of-explosions-and-breakthroughs\/","url_meta":{"origin":70332,"position":0},"title":"SpaceX Prepares 12th Starship Test After Series of Explosions and Breakthroughs","author":"Admin","date":"May 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"SpaceX plans to launch its 12th uncrewed Starship test flight on Thursday, marking the debut of a redesigned rocket version crucial to Elon Musk's lunar and Mars ambitions. 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