What's next for SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket
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NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test lasted about "eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during a launch of an SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Artemis missions to the Moon,
This test marks a material advancement for the Starship program, which SpaceX wants to eventually use to send humans and cargo to Mars.
SpaceX has shared some dramatic slow-motion footage (below) of the Starship rocket blasting off from the launchpad at the start of Tuesday’s successful flight . “Liftoff of Super Heavy, the most powerful launch vehicle in history, on Starship’s tenth flight test,” SpaceX said in an online post that included the 30-second video.
SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship rocket, the most powerful in the world, returns to flight after multiple failures.
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The most powerful rocket ever built is set for its next test. Here’s why some experts are worried
SpaceX’s Starship rocket system, the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed, is set to make its 10th integrated test flight as soon as Sunday evening.