SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said one more test might be required before the 394-foot-tall behemoth embarks on its first orbital flight. Reading time 2 minutes Yesterday, SpaceX performed a static fire test ...

SpaceX fired all 33 Raptor engines on Super Heavy Booster 19 for a full-duration static fire at its Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, in late May 2026. Municipal closure orders confirm that ...

SpaceX continues to gear up for the first-ever orbital test flight of its Starship Mars rocket. SpaceX performed another "static fire" test today (Dec. 15) at its South Texas facility, lighting up ...

SpaceX Starship had by far the longest static fire ever of about 1 minute. SpaceX upgraded the flame trench and other systems. This enables longer static fires. They can now test more conditions and ...

When it comes to rockets, a “static-fire engine test,” by definition, means that the rocket should remain on the ground and not move. But during such a test in China on Sunday, that clearly didn’t ...

SpaceX fired up the engines of its space-bound Starship prototype Thursday afternoon (Sept. 8) in a dramatic test that also set some of the surrounding landscape ablaze. All six of the Raptor engines ...

Following the successful return of Orion, attention for the Artemis program has now shifted to SpaceX and Blue Origin to prepare a crewed lander in time for Artemis III. For SpaceX, this means getting ...

There is a bit more description about the SpaceX Starship 35 Static fire anomaly. There was second planned 60 second static fire but it was aborted after a flash. The static fire was stopped after 25 ...

SpaceX fired 10 Raptor engines simultaneously on a Starship Version 3 booster at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, completing the first static fire test for the upgraded vehicle ahead of planned flight ...

SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoing refurbishment and testing, along with numerous Ships. Flight 9 might be only a few weeks away, with Ship ...

SpaceX performed a static fire test of a prototype Starship rocket on Thursday, in which all six raptor engines were engaged. The eight-second test appeared to go well, save for the problematic brush ...

SpaceX is making progress toward the first orbital launch of its Starship launch vehicle, as the company recently conducted a successful static fire test. SpaceX took to its Twitter account to ...