SpaceX starts on the 9th test flight (video, photos)

SpaceX's latest Starship vehicle has breathed the fire again.

The company carried out a long “static Fire” test with an upper star stage on its location in South Texas on Monday (May 12th).

SpaceX inflamed all six of the The raptor engines of the 171-foot valley (52-meter-all) vehicle engines during the experiment, which lasted about 60 seconds.

It was the third static fire for this specific vehicle that “goes through final preparations for the ninth flight test,” said a SpaceX post on Tuesday (May 13th) on X, which divided a video and photos of the experiment.

The company has not yet announced the target date for flight 9, but it could happen in the next few weeks. SpaceX has already carried out a static fire with the first stage booster, which will start on the mission.

The starship, which is 403.5 feet with a full stack, is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. Both elements – the upper level of Super Heavy Booster and Spaceship (or just ship) – are designed in such a way that they are completely and quickly reusable.

SpaceX believes that the combination of muscles and reuses of starships will become feasible by the settlement of Mars to a long-held dream of the company's founder Elon Musk-Economically.