Elon Musk said the 'next big test' is likely a full stack wet dress rehearsal of Starship.
He also stated in a following tweet that "Booster 7 now returns to high bay for robustness upgrades & booster 8 moves to pad for testing. Next big test is probably full stack wet dress rehearsal, then 33 engine firing in a few weeks."
The full stack refers to Starship mounted on top of the Super Heavy booster rocket. Put together, it is the world's tallest rocket, measuring 395 feet in height. That is the configuration that is expected to send astronauts to Mars.SpaceX has been gradually increasing the number of Raptor engines it fires up during its Starship static fire tests over the last few months.
The company, for example, only performed the first multi-engine static fire test on August 31, having previously only tested one engine at a time on Booster 7 and on the Starship prototype, respectively.Earlier in the summer, both SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and Musk had separately indicated that Starship couldthrough to August. Given the timeline for SpaceX's full stack static fire test, a September launch doesn't look to be in the cards.
That's not to say we aren't very close to seeing the world's largest rocket finally fly into orbit. Unlike NASA's much-delayed SLS rocket, which continues to sit on the pad ahead of a potential launch this month, we've seen Starship prototypes launch before andSHOW COMMENT
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