SpaceX's Latest Starship Prototype Aces Engine Test and Launch Pad Blast.
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SpaceX has rolled out its latest Starship upper-stage prototype, Ship 25, to a suborbital pad at its Starbase site in South Texas for a static fire test of its six Raptor engines. The company plans to conduct another full-stack Starship test flight, which will involve the Booster 9 Super Heavy vehicle. Ship 25 is expected to be the upper stage on that mission, though SpaceX has not yet confirmed this.
- SpaceX rolls next Starship prototype out to pad for engine test (photo) Space.com
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- Whoa! SpaceX test-fires Raptor engine into 'water cooled steel plate' VideoFromSpace
- Watch SpaceX blast a new Starship launch pad plate with rocket fire (video) Space.com
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