There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch, “abort” and “scrub.” As Starship’s orbital test flight gets closer, it may take multiple attempts to get Booster 7 and Ship 24 off the ground. If so, it wouldn’t be the first super-heavy launch vehicle to experience issues before and/or during flight. Here’s a look at some of the aborts across history, some of which could happen during a Starship launch attempt.
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The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, which launched Expedition 68 crewmembers Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin,…
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Making its first military launch since November, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket has deployed Kosmos 2567 –…
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At 23:13 UTC on March 12, Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur…
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The Crew-5 astronauts returned to Earth on the evening of Saturday, March 11, after spending…
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The Crew-6 astronauts lifted off onboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour atop a Falcon 9 rocket…
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The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, docked an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station…
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Roscosmos’ latest Progress resupply craft has docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of…
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At 09:12 UTC on Feb. 5, 2023, a Proton-M launched from Site 81/24 at the…
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In the new year, Russia plans to launch its first probe to the Moon since…
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New spacecraft, new firsts, new hardware – International Space Station wraps up a busy and historic 2022
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Soyuz MS-22 suffers coolant leak, canceling Russian spacewalk
by Joseph NavinA planned spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on the evening of Dec. 14 involving…
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A Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket was launched from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Dec.…
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At 15:17 UTC on Nov. 28, a Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/3 at the Plesetsk…
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In low Earth orbit (LEO) this week, NASA, Roscosmos, and the China National Space Administration…
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October 2022 was once again a busy month aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Several…
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At 06:48 UTC on Nov. 2, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome,…
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Progress MS-21 launches and docks to ISS on resupply mission
by Joseph NavinRoscosmos launched Progress MS-21 atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at…
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Four Russian satellites have made their way into orbit, including an experimental mission that could…
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At 19:20 UTC on Oct. 21, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk…