A six-engine static fire test is performed by the Starship SN20 prototype. The static fire was performed on December 29, 2021. The image is from Spadre.com.
The latest prototype of the Starship has breathed fire.
The vehicle performed a "static fire" test at the company's Starbase site in South Texas on Wednesday, where it briefly ignites its engines while remaining anchored to the ground.
The trial continued the launch-prep campaign for the first-ever orbital test flight of the Starship program, which is scheduled to take place in the coming months. The liftoff was supposed to take place in January or February, but it will now take place in March.
The Super Heavy rocket is being lifted onto the stand.
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It was an epic fire! After a very smooth countdown, ship 20 comes to life with a static fire test. The view from Mary and the Bots.
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There have been static fires performed by SN20. The vehicle lit up all of its Raptors. The test that NASASpaceflight streamed live may have involved all six engines, though the company has yet to confirm that.
People and cargo will be taken to the moon, Mars and beyond. The vehicle consists of two elements, one of which is a huge first-stage booster called Super Heavy and the other a big spaceship known as Starship.
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The upcoming flight will feature a Super Heavy called Booster 4, which has 29 Raptors of its own. Booster 4 will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico shortly after liftoff, and the rocket will make it all the way to space, eventually performing a splashdown near the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
More test flights are likely to follow in a short time, for the goal is to have Starship up and running soon. NASA chose Starship as the first crewed lander for its Artemis program, which aims to put people on the moon in the middle of the decade.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who recently returned from a 12-day stay aboard the International Space Station, has booked a round-the-moon trip on Starship.
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