|3 min. read In this Wednesday, April 19, 2023, file photo, visitors look on as SpaceX's Starship, the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, stands ready for a scheduled launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. (Eric Gay / AP) SpaceX looks to get its developmental Starship back into space, this time with less explosions, and for the first time flying with a reused Super Heavy booster. The massive combined rocket and spacecraft is targeting liftoff from the company’s Texas site Starbase during a 60-minute window that opens at 6:30 p.m. CDT. This marks the third launch attempt this year and ninth overall for the in-development hardware that aims to be the replacement for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. Related: By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Both attempts in 2025, though, ended with the upper stage Starship spacecraft disintegrating after launch, leaving trails of debris visible from South Florida and the Caribbean. The Federal Aviation Administration cleared Starship, though, to try its ninth suborbital mission, aiming to once again launch from Texas and fly more than halfway around the world, landing in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia. Advertisement “After completing the investigation into the loss of Starship on its eighth flight test, several hardware changes have been made to increase reliability,” the company posted on its website. One thing that did work on both its January and Mach launch attempts was the successful recapture of the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site. The booster that flew in January on the seventh test flight of Starship is being used for Tuesday’s attempt. For safety reasons, SpaceX will not try to recapture it on this flight at the launch site, but instead aim for a landing point in the Gulf waters downrange for a hard splashdown landing. Advertisement “In addition to the reuse milestone, Super Heavy will fly a variety of experiments aimed at generating data to improve performance and reliability on future boosters,” SpaceX posted. “The Starship upper stage will repeat its suborbital trajectory and target objectives not reached on the previous two flight tests, including the first payload deployment from Starship and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the vehicle to the launch site for catch.” Advertisement