When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: SpaceX[embedded content]Update for May 22, 10 am ET: SpaceX will make a second attempt to launch its new Starship V3 megarocket today at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) during a 90-minute launch window at its Starbase, Texas test site. scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to test methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions,” SpaceX wrote in a Flight 12 mission description.The entire suborbital test will take a little over an hour, if all goes to plan. Super Heavy’s splashdown will occur about seven minutes after liftoff, with Ship following suit 58 minutes later.AdvertisementAdvertisement
