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SPACEX test the top stage test in the Starship championship before the ninth test in Starship. SPACEX shared this image via x on May 1, 2025. Credit: Spacex
Spacex continues to prepare for the ninth test from Megarock Starship.
The company conducted the “Fire Static Fire” test with the upper stage flight 9 this week Starbase Site in South Texas.
Spacex The company wrote via X on Thursday (May 1), one of the six -vehicle vehicle engines ignited 171 feet (52 meters). mail Share a short photo and video from Burn.
Spacex also made a steadfast fire with the upper stage on the 9th trip on Thursday, According to the Nasaspaceflight.com website. The company has not published anything about this test yet.
403.5 feet (123 m) championship It is the largest and strongest missile that has been built ever. Two phases – a giant supporter called Super Heavy and Super Stage known as Starship, or the ship briefly – are fully and quickly reusable. Both are supported by the new RAPTOR engine from SpaceX; Six for the ship and 33 huge for a super weight.
Starship has transported eight test flights so far, two of which have occurred this year. both of them Flight 7 and Flight 8 – It was launched on January 16 and March 6 in a row – was partially successful. In each case, Super Heavy did his work and returned to Starbase, where he was arrested through the “Choratick” arms of the tower tower.
But the ship exploded after less than 10 minutes of taking off both flights, Wreckage In the areas below the course of the trip, such as the Turkish islands, Kikos and the Bahamas.
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Spacex said that flight 9 will reuse Flight 7 Heavy Heavy. Last month, the company A fixed fire With this supporter to prepare for the next launch, which will re -use 29 of 33 RAPTORS that flew on flight 7.
