After the second loss of Starship was visible in Florida skies, new questions are being raised about the powerful launch system coming to Florida.
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 lands at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Wednesday launch to ISS
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NASA, SpaceX say Crew-10 launch on track for Wednesday despite “late breaking issues”
SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at launch site for Crew-10 astronaut flight to ISS (photos)
Crew-9 launched with Hague and Gorbunov and two empty seats for Williams and Wilmore on the return journey, aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom. Freedom has been docked to the ISS since its arrival in late September, and will serve as the ride home for all four astronauts a week or so following Crew-10's docking.
It's been known that Starship would eventually launch from Florida, but now SpaceX is saying it may happen as early as the end of this year — as SpaceX ambitiously confirmed they are pushing to launch from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of 2025.
SpaceX announced Monday its plans to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center later this year while building out more than $1.8 billion in infrastructure in Florida to support two launch sites.
Private space company SpaceX shares plans to build a large integration facility for the Starship at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ready in 2026
Reporter Nick Gibson is in Orlando, Florida, this week to report on Anne McClain's and NASA's SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/return-to-space.
Orlando International Airport officials announced they were briefly under a Federal Aviation Administration "ground stop" because of space launch debris.
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