SpaceX has conducted a static test of the Starship, which will go to the Moon in 2025
SpaceX continues to prepare the Starship for its first-ever orbital flight.
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SpaceX conducted another static firing test this week, firing one of the six Raptor engines. The prototype spacecraft is called Ship 24. It will make its first orbital flight in 2023.
Ship 24 completes a single-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas pic.twitter.com/gF9beLcarX
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 15, 2022
Starship is a 50-meter-high craft that will land humans on Mars for the first time in a few years. But for now, it is preparing for the Artemis III lunar mission, which is scheduled for 2025. The third Artemis mission will take Elon Musk's company to deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon. It will be the first landing since 1972.
A Super Heavy rocket will be used for the launch. It has 33 Raptor engines. SpaceX is conducting static firing tests of the prototype, which is called Booster 7. In mid-November, for example, 14 engines were launched simultaneously. So far, this is a record.
Source: SpaceX
