SpaceX Fires Up Next Starship Super Heavy Booster

Irene Klotz August 07, 2023
Hot-firing Starship booster
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX hot fired the engines of its next Super Heavy booster at a newly rebuilt launchpad, which now includes a water-suppression system to help prevent future damage. The test, which took place from SpaceX’s Boca Chica Beach, Texas, complex on Aug. 6, lasted 2.74 sec.—about 2 sec. shorter than...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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