Yesterday, SpaceX successfully completed a full-duration, full-thrust static fire... of the 33-engine Super Heavy V3 booster. All Raptor engines fired at maximum power for the planned burn, generating massive shockwaves and demonstrating the booster’s structural strength and roughly 74-76 meganewtons of thrust.show more

Full duration static fire of all 33 Raptor engines... on the Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship's next flight testshow more

Super Heavy Booster 9 static fire successfully lit all... 33 Raptor engines, with all but two running for the full duration. Congratulations to the SpaceX team on this exciting milestone!show more

Here's the verdict from SpaceX with some absolutely insane... videos!!! "Super Heavy Booster 9 static fire successfully lit all 33 Raptor engines, with all but two running for the full duration." Success! 😍 Look at those shockwaves!!! 🤩show more

Flight 3 Starship completed a full-duration static fire with... all six of its Raptor enginesshow more

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 provenshow more

Full-duration static fire of all six Raptor engines on... Flight 4 Starshipshow more

SpaceX just performed the first ever static fire test... of Starship Super Heavy Booster version 3 with the new Raptor V3 rocket engines. The first Starship V3 test flight is currently scheduled for sometime in April. Via NSF - NASASpaceflight.com stream:show more

🇺🇸 SPACEX FIRES UP SUPER HEAVY FOR STARSHIP FLIGHT... 9 SpaceX just completed a static fire test of its Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship’s 9th flight. This isn’t its first rodeo—this booster flew on Flight 7 and returned safely. 29 of its 33 Raptor engines are already flight-proven, making this one of the most battle-tested rockets yet. All systems go for the next big push to orbit. Source: SpaceXshow more

33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster off... the pad from Starbaseshow more

STATIC FIRE! Booster 9 fires up 33 engines (pending... confirmation). Potentially for the final time before launch day! Super smooth count and that looked great! Full duration confirmed by SpaceX.show more

NEWS: SpaceX has released a statement after today's successful... 11th Starship test flight. "Every major objective of the flight test was achieved, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy. The flight test began with Super Heavy igniting all 33 Raptor engines and ascending over the Gulf. The successful first-stage ascent was followed by a hot-staging maneuver, with Starship’s upper stage igniting its six Raptor engines to continue its flight to space. Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster completed its boostback burn to put it on a course to a pre-planned splashdown zone off the coast of Texas using 12 of the 13 planned engines. Under the same angle of attack tested on the previous flight, the booster descended until successfully igniting all 13 planned engines (including one that did not relight during the boostback burn) for the high-thrust portion of the landing burn. The booster successfully executed a unique landing burn planned for use on the next generation booster. Super Heavy hovered above the water before shutting down its engines and splashing down. After completing a full-duration ascent burn, Starship achieved its planned velocity and trajectory. During flight, Starship successfully deployed eight Starlink simulators and executed the third in-space relight of a Raptor engine, demonstrating a critical capability for future deorbit burns. Starship re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and was able to gather extensive data on the performance of its heatshield as it was intentionally stressed to test the limits of the vehicle’s capabilities. In the final minutes of flight, Starship performed a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly. Starship then guided itself using its four flaps to the pre-planned splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean, successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown. Focus now turns to the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy, with multiple vehicles currently in active build and preparing for tests. This next iteration will be used for the first Starship orbital flights, operational payload missions, propellant transfer, and more as we iterate to a fully and rapidly reusable vehicle with service to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond."show more

Static fire of the Flight 4 Super Heavy booster

🚨🇺🇸 STARSHIP COMPLETES FULL-DURATION STATIC FIRE AHEAD OF FLIGHT... TEST 10 SpaceX just lit up Starship for a full-duration static fire, this is essential before launch. All Raptor engines ignited while the vehicle stayed clamped to the pad, simulating real flight conditions without liftoff. This test checks engine performance, fuel flow, and system integrity. Source: SpaceXshow more

Static fire of the Flight 7 Super Heavy booster

If you look closely, you can see a human... walking around the base of the rocket. Each Raptor rocket engine produces twice as much thrust as all 4 engines on a 747. There are 33 Raptor engines powering the Starship rocket booster.show more

Single engine static fire demonstrating flight-like startup for a... Starship deorbit burnshow more

Static fire complete for the Super Heavy booster preparing... for Starship's eleventh flight testshow more

Single engine static fire demonstrating a flight-like startup for... an in-space burnshow more

Starship’s Raptor engines have ignited during hot-staging separation. Super... Heavy is executing the flip maneuver and boostback burnshow more

Static fire of a single Raptor engine using the... header tanks on Flight 4 Starshipshow more