SpaceX chief reveals target date for 9th Starship rocket test

Starship Flight 9: Is next week launch week?

Monday, SpaceX static fired its next Starship vehicle at a test stand in Starbase, Texas, for a third time. This time, SpaceX confirmed a successful static fire, making both stages now ready for Starship Flight 9. Could that be next week? more…

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SpaceX chief reveals target date for 9th Starship rocket test

SpaceX chief Elon Musk has strongly suggested that the ninth test flight of the massive Starship rocket will take place next week. “Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on X,” Musk said in a social […]

SpaceX will launch Starship's 9th test flight next week, Elon Musk says

Elon Musk said that he'll give a livestreamed update about SpaceX's Mars plans next week, shortly before the ninth test flight of the company's Starship megarocket.

Next week, the world's largest rocket is scheduled to take off again. SpaceX then wants to reach a high target.

The company successfully conducted a rocket engine ignition test • This is the first time the company will use a recycled booster • In the two previous tests, the rocket went out of control and broke up within a few minutes • The goal: to prove to NASA that the collaboration can continue