SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first mission to reuse the vehicle’s Super Heavy first stage.
The company performed a static-fire test today (April 3) at its Starbase site in South Texas, briefly igniting a Super Heavy‘s 33 Raptor engines while the giant booster remained anchored to the launch mount.
And it wasn’t the first rodeo for this particular rocket.
Static fire of the Super Heavy preparing to launch Starship’s ninth flight test. This booster previously launched and returned on Flight 7 and 29 of its 33 Raptor engines are flight proven pic.twitter.com/XBOvoZezvJApril 3, 2025
“Static fire of the Super Heavy preparing to launch Starship’s ninth flight test. This booster previously launched and returned on…