{"id":28569,"date":"2025-05-27T20:48:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28569"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:26:56","slug":"spacex-to-launch-starship-flight-9-when-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28569","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to Launch Starship Flight 9: When and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Much is riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk\u2019s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">SpaceX\u2019s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, is supposed to land NASA astronauts on the surface of the moon in a couple of years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even more ambitiously, Elon Musk, who owns and runs SpaceX, has said that the company would <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1837908705683059166\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">send about five Starships to Mars next year<\/a> \u2014 sans astronauts, but <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1900774290682683612\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">with Optimus robots<\/a> built by his electric car company, Tesla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The past two test flights of Starship have ended in explosive failures, and a third failure during the next launch, planned for Tuesday evening, would be embarrassing for SpaceX and Mr. Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk, however, seems to relish <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/30\/science\/mars-landing-trump.html\" title>taking on doubters<\/a>. He plans to give a talk to SpaceX employees titled simply \u201cThe Road to Making Life Multiplanetary,\u201d at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The talk had been scheduled for 1 p.m., but it was pushed back several times until Mr. Musk announced that it would be postponed until after the launch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-176f61f\">When is the launch and how can I watch it?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The launch window, which lasts for 60 minutes, opens at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for the ninth test flight of Starship to lift off from SpaceX\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/05\/05\/us\/elon-musk-starbase-texas.html\" title>Starbase site in South Texas<\/a>. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=starship-flight-9\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX will provide live coverage<\/a> on its website beginning about 30 minutes before liftoff.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-480d12f9\">What happened during the last flights?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">SpaceX takes pride in its \u201cfail quickly and fix quickly\u201d approach to rocket design, so it is not surprising that none of the eight test flights so far have worked perfectly. But the last two \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/16\/science\/spacex-starship-test-launch-7.html\" title>flight seven in January<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/science\/spacex-starship-launch.html\" title>flight eight in March<\/a> \u2014 were more disappointing. They <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/08\/science\/starship-spacex-explosion-elon-musk.html\" title>could not repeat the successes<\/a> of earlier test flights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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He plans to give a talk to SpaceX employees titled simply \u201cThe Road to Making Life Multiplanetary,\u201d at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The talk had been scheduled for 1 p.m., but it was pushed back several times until Mr. Musk announced that it would be postponed until after the launch.When is the launch and how can I watch it?The launch window, which lasts for 60 minutes, opens at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for the ninth test flight of Starship to lift off from SpaceX\u2019s Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX will provide live coverage on its website beginning about 30 minutes before liftoff.What happened during the last flights?SpaceX takes pride in its \u201cfail quickly and fix quickly\u201d approach to rocket design, so it is not surprising that none of the eight test flights so far have worked perfectly. But the last two \u2014 flight seven in January and flight eight in March \u2014 were more disappointing. 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