SpaceX is getting set for its first-ever orbital Starship launch from South Texas, but CEO Elon Musk says it may not happen. Here's what you need to know.
“There’s a good chance that it gets postponed since we’re going to be pretty careful about this launch,” he said during a live conversation on Twitter. “If it does go wrong, it’s a lot to go wrong.”
Check back here for updates from Express-News reporters and photographers at the launch site, and to watchTourists streaming into South Texas for a chance to see first-ever orbital launch of SpaceX Starship Steve Waymire, a 71-year-old retired electrical engineer from Wichita, Kansas, is one of them. He picked his spot on South Padre Island last week and was planning to watch from Isla Blanca Park at the southernmost tip of South Padre.
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