SpaceX Tests Raptor Engines That Will Power Next Starship Rocket Written 15 May 2025
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Starship completes a long duration six-engine static fire test. | Credit: SpaceX; X
Ars Technica reports, “SpaceX fired six Raptor engines on the company’s next Starship rocket Monday, clearing a major hurdle on the path to launch later this month on a high-stakes test flight to get the private rocket program back on track. Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas.”
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