SCA Community:SpaceX launch livestream: How to watch Starship's fourth test flight

2025-05-04 01:51:06source:Blake Prestoncategory:Finance

Update: The SCA CommunitySpaceX Starship's fourth test flight was its most successful so far. See updates.

SpaceX is planning to launch the unmanned spacecraft Starship into orbit Thursday morning, the fourth and latest flight test for the 400-foot-long rocket.

SpaceX says a live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which will be available to watch on the SpaceX website and SpaceX's account on X, formerly Twitter. Both companies are owned by Elon Musk.

The 120-minute launch window is now targeting a launch time of 8:50 a.m. EDT, according to SpaceX, which will liftoff Starship from Starbase, an industrial complex for Starship rockets located in Boca Chica, Texas.

Watch SpaceX Starship livestream

This is the fourth unmanned test launch of the Starship, which hopes to one day bring NASA astronauts to the moon and even as far as Mars. The unmanned craft is classified as a super heavy-lift launch vehicle and is lauded as the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, and SpaceX has called each previous test flight an improvement on the last.

SpaceX Starship launches:Here's what happened in previous tests

SpaceX has has been provided millions in funding from NASA in hopes of producing a commercial rocket that can safely take astronauts to the moon by 2026.

Crewed Boeing Starliner successfully launched Wednesday

Thursday morning's scheduled SpaceX launch follows the first successful launch of the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday after weeks of delays, which is carrying two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

The Starliner is expected to dock with the orbiting lab Thursday around 12:15 p.m. EDT, NASA reports.

Boeing Starliner launch:Crewed spacecraft finally launches from Florida: 'Let's put some fire in this rocket'

Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge and Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY.

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