'If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a Starship launch next month.'
on Jan. 23, in which SpaceX pumped more than 10 million pounds of propellant into the giant, stainless-steel vehicle.
Two days later, SpaceX pulled Ship 24 off the stack to help gear up for one of the biggest remaining tests, which will likely happen soon — a full 33-engine"static fire" with Booster 7 on Starbase's orbital launch mount. Booster 7 has already performed multiple static fires, a common prelaunch test in which engines are briefly lit while a vehicle remains anchored to the ground. But the booster has never ignited more thanShip 24 has ignited all six of its Raptors, pulling off the feat during aStarship hasn't flown for nearly two years, and its most recent jaunt was but a hop compared to the coming orbital test.
soared about 6.2 miles into the skies above Starbase before coming back down to Earth for a vertical landing." , a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter
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