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SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with Starship SN8 prototype – Space.com
SN8 ‘should be done in about a week,’ Elon Musk said.
The next big leap for SpaceX’s Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft
appears to be right around the corner.
Two full-size Starship prototypes, known as SN5 and SN6, recently performed 500-foot-high (150 meters) test hops
at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities, near the village of Boca Chica. And the next vehicle in line is nearly ready to soar much higher, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
“SN8 Starship with flaps & nosecone should be done in about a week. Then static fire, checkouts, …
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