SpaceX Test Fires SN6 Starship Prototype Written 25 August 2020

SPACE reports that on Sunday, SpaceX “fired up the latest prototype of its Starship Mars-colonizing spacecraft, keeping the vehicle on track for a possible test flight this weekend.” The SN6 Starship “prototype’s single Raptor engine briefly roared to life during a ‘static fire’” at SpaceX’s “facilities in South Texas, near the village of Boca Chica.” SpaceX “intends to send the SN6 on a 500-foot-high (150 meters) uncrewed jaunt soon – as early as this weekend, if road closure notifications in the Boca Chica area are any guide.”
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