SpaceX set for Starships next flight with Trump watching [Video]

SpaceX is gearing up for its next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with US President-elect Donald Trump set to witness the spectacle firsthand, highlighting his growing alliance with Elon Musk.

It marks the company’s second ever attempt to catch its descending booster stage in the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, an engineering marvel it first pulled off last month, cementing its dominance in reusable rocketry.

“It was a beautiful thing to see,” Trump declared in his election night victory speech, dramatically recounting the feat.

A Trump spokesperson shared a video on X of the president-elect boarding a flight to Texas, bound for SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica. The thirty-minute launch window opens at 4:00 pm (2200 GMT).

SpaceX founder and CEO Musk has been a constant presence at Trump’s side since the Republican’s election victory, joining him at a meeting with Argentina’s President Javier Milei and even at …