Liftoff had been scheduled for 9:25 a.m. ET on Saturday (March 15), but issues at the launch site have pushed things back.

In six tests before the seventh flight, SpaceX demonstrated that the rocket’s basic design works and the Starship can return to Earth almost intact. Over the coming year, SpaceX is looking to ...

This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s vision of eventually colonizing Mars.