How SpaceX’s Starship engine failure could impact NASA’s moon mission

Source: New York Post

The Starship engine failure that nearly foiled the orbital debut of SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft on its 14th uncrewed test flight may complicate NASA’s ability to meet ​its time frame for astronaut missions to the moon. Starship, designed in part to carry large payloads to space, is one of two vehicles vying to ‌become the first craft that NASA will use as early as 2028 to land humans on the moon and bring them safely home, a feat last achieved in 1972 at the end of the Apollo era. 6 SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, September 28, 2026.