SpaceX on Monday will launch the eighth test flight of its biggest and most powerful rocket. The liftoff is scheduled to take place during a 60-minute window opening at about 5:30 p.m. CT in south Texas at SpaceX's Starbase site.

The latest test of Starship comes after an explosion over the Caribbean sent commercial airlines scattering to avoid falling rocket debris

Elon Musk has been making headlines for mass layoffs and funding cuts at US federal agencies under his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But on Monday, his towering Starship rocket will return to the spotlight with its next test flight.

Starship, the world's largest rocket, could fly again as soon as Friday on its second launch of the year if the FAA gives approval.

SpaceX will launch its Starship megarocket for the eighth time on Friday, February 28. The news came via SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, who posted a short message on X saying simply: “Starship Flight 8 flies Friday.”

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on its next test flight on Monday. The vehicle’s upper stage exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the last such test.

SpaceX has received approval from the U.S Federal Aviation Administration for Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket, which is targeted for Monday (March 3).

The test flight will be a repeat of what SpaceX hoped to achieve on the previous Starship launch in January, when the rocket broke apart and showered debris over the Atlantic Ocean and Turks and Caicos Islands.