Its most recent mission, which occurred on Jan. 16, featured both successes and failures. For example, SpaceX caught the returning Super Heavy back at Starbase with the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, but Ship was lost after developing propellant leaks less than 10 minutes into flight.

SpaceX was set to launch the eighth flight test of Starship on Monday, but it was scrubbed due to an unforeseen issue. The space company will postpone the launch to another time. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.