SpaceX Starship Prototype Test & Fireball – 3 Key Things You Need To Know
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The Starship SN8 prototype during landing as one of its engines reignites. Re-ignition was a key testing parameter which was successfully met. Image: SpaceX/Twitter
Late afternoon in Texas yesterday SpaceX conducted a key flight of its Starship SN8 prototype which intended to validate the design of the upper stage spacecraft of the next-generation launch system designed specifically for Mars missions. The SN8 was powered by three of SpaceX's Raptor liquid-oxygen, liquid-methane, gas-generator, staged-combustion rocket engines which are a brand new design over the company's Merlin 1D engines that power its launch-proven Falcon 9 rocket lineup.