SpaceX conducted another flight test of the Starship interplanetary transport system, designed to revolutionize space travel.

SpaceX's Starship SN9 rocket prototype (center) launches on a 10-kilometer test flight from the company's South Texas facility on Feb. 2, 2021. Its successor SN10 is seen in the foreground at right.

The Starship SN9 vehicle performed its fifth-ever static fire Friday morning (Jan. 22), gearing up for a high-altitude test flight in the coming days.

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As it came in for a landing, SN9 executed a landing burn to orient itself vertically for touchdown, then appeared to land hard and not quite vertical, exploding on impact just as SN8 did.

A full-scale, 16-story Starship prototype called SN9 may finally launch and land, after Elon Musk quibbled with the FAA over SpaceX's launch license.

Starship SN9 ready for high-altitude test at SpaceX’s Boca Chica test site. RGVAerialPhotography/Twitter SN9 has undergone a series of static fire tests in recent weeks and was scheduled to ...

Tuesday's flight was the second high-altitude test of a Starship prototype, with SN8 being the first. Most of the SN9 test went smoothly with three Raptor engines, each of which shut down in ...

4pm ET Update: SpaceX's SN9 prototype took off from its launch site on Tuesday afternoon and made what appeared to be a nominal flight to an altitude of 10km.The rocket then executed its belly ...

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SpaceX’s Starship prototype SN9 arrived at Boca Chica launch site on Tuesday. RGVAerialPhotography/Twitter The 165-feet-tall stainless steel rocket was rolled out to the launch pad on Tuesday ...

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