SpaceX is another step closer to the third test flight of its powerful Starship rocket after successfully completing a launch rehearsal on Monday.
SpaceX has shared a set of stunning photos taken during a launch rehearsal for the third test flight of its Starship vehicle, comprising the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft.
“Starship completed its rehearsal for launch, loading more than 10 million pounds of propellant on Starship and Super Heavy and taking the flight-like countdown to T-10 seconds,” SpaceX said in a post on social media on Monday.
The rehearsal took place at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, and comes a week after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ended its mishap investigation into SpaceX’s second Starship test flight, which took place in November and — like the first test flight — ended in midair explosions minutes after liftoff.
