SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal of its fully stacked Starship rocket Friday, clearing the way for launch this Monday. This mission will set the new record for the largest rocket ever launched, thanks to the slightly taller Block 2 Ship 33 second stage.
Thursday and Friday were full days of work for SpaceX’s employees down in Starbase, Texas. The teams rolled Ship 33 from the manufacturing facility down to the launch site and then stacked it on Booster 14, which was already on the launch mount.
Then SpaceX conducted a wet dress rehearsal for Starship Flight 7, filling both the ship and booster with 11 million pounds of propellant. This is always the final test before SpaceX gives the go-ahead to finish launch…