SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 2nd test flight (video)
SpaceX lit the six engines of its latest Starship prototype on Monday evening (June 26), checking a key box ahead of the vehicle's upcoming test flight.
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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