SpaceX’s 403-foot Starship is poised to launch Sunday evening from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas, marking its most daring test yet following a series of setbacks.

The launch, SpaceX’s tenth test flight, comes after multiple failures in recent years — including three disastrous explosions in 2025 alone. 

From January to June, SpaceX encountered four Starship setbacks — a dramatic explosion during its first test flight, a midair blast in the second, a fiery destruction in the third, and ultimately a ground-test explosion after those in-flight failures.

Now, engineers will try a series of high-risk maneuvers aimed at proving Starship’s reusability, a crucial step in owner Elon Musk’s long-term vision to reach the Moon and eventually conquer Mars.