This screen grab from a SpaceX live webcast shows SpaceX's Starship rocket just as the launch from Starbase was aborted during the 13th test flight in South Padre Island, Texas, on July 16, 2026. SpaceX was set for a test launch of its powerful Starship rocket on July 16, the first since the company went public last month. The mammoth rocket was scheduled for blast off from the company's Starbase facility in southern Texas during a 90-minute window that opened at 5:45 pm local time (2245 GMT), before being aborted. This would have been Starship's 13th flight overall. (Photo by SPACEX / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / SPACEX" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks as David Cummins, nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), appears before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cummins was a senior vice president at a government contractor company, Serco. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: David Cummins, nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) (R), greets Ranking Member Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) (L) before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cummins was a senior vice president at a government contractor company, Serco. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Students of Technical University TU - Delft present their latest exoskeleton project for spinal cord injury in Leiden, western Netherlands on July 16, 2026. A student team from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), unveiled on July 16, 2026, Project MARCH XI, an AI-powered exoskeleton controlled by brain signals for patients with spinal cord injuries. (Photo by Dingena Mol / ANP / AFP via Getty Images) / Netherlands OUT

Students of Technical University TU - Delft present their latest exoskeleton project for spinal cord injury in Leiden, western Netherlands on July 16, 2026. A student team from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), unveiled on July 16, 2026, Project MARCH XI, an AI-powered exoskeleton controlled by brain signals for patients with spinal cord injuries. (Photo by Dingena Mol / ANP / AFP via Getty Images) / Netherlands OUT

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: David Cummins, nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cummins was a senior vice president at a government contractor company, Serco. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: David Cummins, nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cummins was a senior vice president at a government contractor company, Serco. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: David Cummins, nominee for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cummins was a senior vice president at a government contractor company, Serco. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)