SpaceX's Starship, Meant for Mars, Prepares for a First Hop

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

• Episode: SpaceX's Starship, Meant for Mars, Prepares for a First Hop
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:05:40
• Published: 2019-02-07 22:31

Last Sunday, as much of the country tuned into the Super Bowl, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and a crew of engineers were gathered in McGregor, Texas, the small city where the company maintains a rocket test site. For a few seconds in the early evening, the sound of a new engine roared across the flatlands. "First firing of Starship Raptor flight engine!” Musk tweeted along with video footage of the test fire.