SpaceX Fires Super Heavy Booster in Texas as The Next Step Towards Mars

The countdown was over when the engines erupted with bright orange flames, massive clouds and a rocket that measured 23 feet tall was placed vertically on a platform near a launch tower.

The rocket will launch from Texas and then land on the coast of Hawaii during the test mission

The rocket will be 324 feet tall once the booster has been connected to it. This is 120 meters higher than the Statue of Liberty.

It is not clear if SpaceX will perform another static-fire test on the Booster 7 before launching its next-generation unmanned rocket.

Gwynne Shotwell, President of SpaceX, stated during Wednesday’s conference that the exact date for that launch will depend on Thursday’s test firing results. However, it could occur “in the next month or so.”

Shotwell stated, “The first flight is a test flight.” “The goal is not to blow up the launchpad, that is a success.”

SpaceX‘s Super Heavy booster was tested in July 2022. The engine section burst into flames when it was launched.

Reuters reported Thursday’s test-firing set a record for producing the most thrust by a single rocket. This was nearly 17 million pounds more than the Russian N1’s 10.5 million-pound thrust and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket’s 8 million-pound thrust. It also broke the record for firing the most rocket engines simultaneously, surpassing 30 engines from N1.