SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster for 1st time ahead of Starship orbital test flight (photo)
SpaceX likely will perform a lot more testing before clearing Booster 7 and Ship 24 for that landmark launch. But some of those prelaunch trials will be big events in themselves. The first time that Booster 7 fires up all 33 of its Raptors, for example, will be a sight — and a sound — to behold.
Though today marked Booster 7's first static fire on the launch mount, it has breathed fire at Starbase before. On July 11,Tuesday was a very busy day for SpaceX. On Tuesday night, the companyto orbit with a Falcon 9, which lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket's first stage came down for a vertical landing at sea on one of SpaceX's autonomous drone ships a little less than nine minutes after launch.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 10:12 p.m. EDT on Aug. 9 with news of Ship 24's static fire, then again at 10:57 p.m. EDT with details and video from SpaceX and news of the Starlink launch." , a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter
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