SpaceX aborted first Starship launch attempt 40 seconds before launch due to pressure valve problem

SpaceX was unable to send the Starship rocket system into its first orbital flight. The countdown was

interrupted

What is known

At 15:00 (EET) the 150-minute launch window opened. The spaceship adventure was scheduled to begin at 16:20 (EET). About 5 minutes before the launch of Starship, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that experts had discovered a problem: the pressure valve had frozen.

40 seconds before launch the countdown wasstopped. SpaceX specialists must fix the problem within 48 hours. Despite everything, Elon Musk wrote that SpaceX has learned a lot. At the moment, company specialists are unloading fuel. A second attempt will be made soon.