SpaceX Starship had by far the longest static fire ever of about 1 minute. SpaceX upgraded the flame trench and other systems. This enables longer static fires. They can now test more conditions and ...

Zaps of static electricity are commonplace in everyday life. But can static electricity give enough of a jolt to start a fire? Static electricity is the result of an imbalance between negative and ...

SpaceX is gearing up for its third Starship launch. The company conducted a “static fire” test on Wednesday, Dec. 20, with the Starship upper-stage prototype, known as Ship 28, briefly igniting the ...

All but two of the rocket's 33 Raptor engines were engaged during the critical test, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says is still enough for an orbital launch. Reading time 3 minutes SpaceX performed the ...

SpaceX lost the Massey static fire stand due to a large explosion. SpaceX appears to be converting the first launch tower for static fire tests. They will perform one or two static fires for the ...

A private Chinese rocket took an unscheduled flight over the weekend. The Beijing-based company Space Pioneer conducted a "static fire" test with the first stage of its new Tianlong-3 rocket on Sunday ...

Both the Starship booster and the pad are in good shape after a Feb. 9 static-fire test, the last technical milestone before an orbital launch attempt. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO — SpaceX’s static-fire ...

When it comes to rockets, a “static-fire engine test,” by definition, means that the rocket should remain on the ground and not move. But during such a test in China on Sunday, that clearly didn’t ...

SpaceX moved a step closer to launching another Starship with a successful test of its powerful engines. The Elon Musk-led company completed a static test Friday of its Super Heavy Booster No. 9 at ...

HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace carried out a breakthrough static fire test Friday as it builds towards an orbital launch attempt with its Zhuque-3 rocket. The nine engines of the Zhuque-3 ...

Two American companies recently conducted a static fire test of an advanced solid rocket motor. The test conducted by Raytheon and Anduril was part of a contract that involves the Air Force Research ...

As SpaceX presses on with attempts to complete static fire testing with Ship 38 ahead of Flight 11, the company continues to repair its Masseys test site and build large amounts of infrastructure at ...