The Starship mission team is standing down for now, scrubbing its eighth test flight of the most powerful launch system ever built about six weeks after an explosive failure over populated islands.

SpaceX pushed back the planned test flight of its Starship megarocket on Monday after issues cropped up in the final seconds before liftoff.Mission controllers paused operations with 40 seconds remaining in the countdown,

Last-minute problems have delayed the latest launch of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship. Monday evening's countdown got down to the 40-second mark.