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SpaceX performs Starship static fire test ahead of hop test – Digital Trends

SpaceX has completed its latest test of its new Starship rocket, intended to carry astronauts to the moon and even eventually to Mars.

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SpaceX has completed the latest test of a prototype of its Starship rocket, intended to carry astronauts to the moon and even eventually to Mars. The static fire test, conducted on Sunday August 24, was captured in this video by NASASpaceFlight.
SpaceX has a number of prototype Starships which it uses in testing, and the one seen in the video is the SN6. For the static fire test the prototype is wheeled out to a launch site, fueled, and prepared as if for a real takeoff. The rocket doesn’t actu…

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