SpaceX's Starship rocket had its launch, scheduled for this Monday (17/04) and was suspended at the last minute. This morning's launch would be for testing and would have no crew.
According to Musk, the reason for the interruption of the launch was a frozen valve.
"A pressurization valve appears to be frozen so unless it starts operating soon there will be no launch today," Musk wrote on Twitter.
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The spacecraft was designed to carry out future missions to the Moon and Mars. It has already been chosen by NASA, the American space agency, to take astronauts back to the surface of the Moon in the Artemis 3 mission, scheduled for the end of 2025.
This would be the first time the spacecraft would make a flight with its complete configuration, including the first stage, as the Super Heavy booster is called.
The team SpaceX You will now have to troubleshoot the pressure problem to find out exactly what went wrong. It will take at least 48 hours to restart the rocket before a new launch attempt, which should take place in the next few days.
