The first-ever orbital test flight of the Starship Mars rocket is being prepared by the company.
A prototype of the Super Heavy rocket was tested during a "static fire" test by the company.
There was a static fire at 2 o'clock today. It took 13 seconds for the clock to clock in. The video captured by NASASpaceFlight and Rocket Ranch Boca Chica showed the test to be powerful and involved a large amount of Booster 7's Raptors. It turned out that Booster 7 lit up 11 of its engines after the test, according to the company.
A record 14 engines were used in the test-fire of the Super Heavy booster.
Booster 7 had a static fire for the first time in over a month.
After the trial, Musk said that the company would do just one or two more static fires with Booster 7 before launching a test flight.
Booster 7 and ship 24 are likely to be used in that mission. The upper stage is powered by six Raptors, while the lower stage has only one Raptors.
This will be the most powerful rocket ever to fly. NASA's Space Launch System megarocket is the current holder of that title.
People and cargo will be taken to the moon and Mars. NASA chose the huge vehicle to make at least two crewed moon landings for its Artemis program, which aims to establish a long term human presence on and around the moon by the end of the 2020s.
The story was changed at 4:30 p.m. The static fire was caused by 11 Raptors.
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