SpaceX is preparing for its latest Starship test launch Tuesday following back-to-back failures earlier this year — as Elon Musk hopes to have the rocket ready for a Mars mission next year.

The 400-foot-tall Starship rocket is set to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at 7:30 p.m. EST for its ninth test flight, with the company aiming to correct the failures of the last two tests that saw those rockets explode over the Atlantic Ocean.

You can watch the launch live here .

The pressure is on for the launch to succeed as Musk eyes a mission to Mars in 2026 using the Starship rocket to fuel his multi-planetary ambitions .

President Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator, billionaire Jared Isaacman, has said he wants the space agency to focus both on sending astrona

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