The Ship that just moved to the pad is the second SpaceX has prepped for Flight 10. The first one exploded on a test stand at Starbase on June 18 while gearing up for a static fire, a common prelaunch trial in which a rocket's engines are briefly ignited while the vehicle remains anchored to the ground.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Monday that the Starship rocket will make its 10th test flight in August. Musk made the announcement in a post on X, saying, “Starship launches again next month.”

Replying to the post, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the Starship being moved for testing is V2 (version 2) and that V3, which will be slightly bigger than the current 403-feet-tall iteration, will "hopefully" launch by the end of 2026.