SpaceX Aiming for April 20 as the Next Starship Launch Attempt Date

SpaceX has rescheduled the launch of its Starship vehicle to Thursday, April 20, after an issue with the pressurisation system on the first stage caused a scrubbed attempt on April 17. The launch window will open at 9:28 a.m. EDT (1328 GMT) and will be the first ever for a fully stacked Starship, which is being developed to transport people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. The Super Heavy booster will make a hard splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico about eight minutes after liftoff, while Starship’s upper-stage spacecraft will make a partial lap around Earth before coming down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii around 90 minutes after launch.