SpaceX just ran a full-duration static fire on the Starship getting ready for Flight 14, and posted the video Friday with all six Raptors lit.
“The Starship preparing for our fourteenth flight test completed a full-duration, 60-second static fire with all six Raptor engines,” the company wrote, with the six-engine plume on the clip. Elon Musk retweeted it.
That is the whole official claim: six Raptors, 60 seconds, the ship assigned to the next flight test. SpaceX did not name a ship number, a pad, or a launch date in that post.
A static fire is the dress rehearsal before stack and fly. The engines light while the vehicle is held down on the stand, so teams can check thrust, plumbing, and thermal behavior without committing to an orbital attempt. If it holds together for a full-duration burn, the next steps are stacking with a booster and clearing a flight license, not a guaranteed liftoff this weekend.
Flight 14 is the next chapter after Flight 13’s soft ocean splashdown, when SpaceX later towed Ship 40 into Christmas Island after weeks afloat. Musk has also been talking about a future tower catch and first reflight, and this static fire is the hardware check that sits in front of those goals.
Want to see more of our stories on Google?
P.S. — Buying a new Tesla? Click here to save $1,000 USD, while supporting independent news.
Help support us by shopping on Amazon here.
Links in this post are affiliate links, so we earn a tiny commission at no charge to you. Thanks for supporting independent media!
