SpaceX chief Elon Musk said in February that the mighty Starship rocket would embark on its 12th test flight this month, although several more recent reports have suggested that it might not leave the launchpad until early April.
Preflight tests on the Starship rocket have been underway at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern Texas as the team works to ready the rocket for showtime.
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In an important step toward launch day, the first-stage Super Heavy — the most powerful booster ever to fly — underwent a ground-based engine test, known as a static fire, on Monday.
NASASpaceflight, which has a number of cameras trained on the Starbase site, shared some footage of the test.
Monday’s test scored three firsts for SpaceX. It was the first time the new Pad 2 has been put to use in this way, the first such test for
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