SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy booster for 7th Starship launch (video, photos)
SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket, which could take place in just a month or so. The company conducted a static-fire test with Flight 7's Super Heavy first-stage booster today (Dec. 9), briefly igniting its 33 Raptor engines at a pad at SpaceX 's Starbase facility in South Texas.