SpaceX Aborts Starship Flight 13 as Mars Timeline Presses

Spacex scrubbed Starship Flight 13 on July 16, 2026, after the Super Heavy booster's engines failed to ignite at Starbase, Texas. Musk said a retry could come "hopefully in a few days." The mission was to deploy first third-generation Starlink satellites, toward orbital data centers and a planned uncrewed Mars trip by end of 2026. Starship has never reached orbit.