All 33 of the giant rocket's engines engaged during the Aug. 25 test.
, which also took place on Starbase's orbital launch mount.
Booster 9 did better this time; only 29 Raptors lit up during the first static fire. All 33 engaged on Friday, and 31 of them burned for the full six-second duration, according to SpaceX. The two tests are part of the launch prep for Booster 9, which, along with an upper-stage prototype called Ship 25, will conduct the second-ever test flight of a fully stacked Starship vehicle.from Starbase. The goal was to send the upper stage to space and have it come down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. But that didn't happen; Starship suffered several problems, and SpaceX intentionally destroyed the vehicle four minutes after liftoff.
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