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SpaceX about to test Starship Mk 1.

SpaceX is about to initiate number of ground based tests on Starship Mk 1, in an effort to ready Starship Mk 1 for actual 22km sub-orbital test scheduled for later this month or in December. Starship Mk1 will undergo critical ground test phase, ranging from tank pressurization and propellant loading to the rocket’s first triple-Raptor engine static fire. The ground tests could happen later on today or sometimes this week. However increased in ground activity indicates tests could be hours away.

SpaceX Starhopper Starship Prototype Test Fire Its Raptor Engine for the First Time: A Big Win SpaceX Starship Gets Green Light After Raptor Engine Test.

We've had some official updates on SpaceX's Crew Demo Mission, Virgin Galactic went to 'space' again and Elon couldn't stop posting things to twitter. 

Last night Elon Musk posted a pair of low resolution images showing the new Raptor engine getting ready for testing at the Mcgregor, Texas facility.

Welcome to Episode 13 of What about it!? In this episode, we'll take a look at SpaceX's Raptor SN06 that's recently been fixed, progress on the Boca Chica & Cocoa Florida Starhopper and orbital Prototype, the new landing pad for Starship, Elon Musk's Mom and NASA's hunt for methane on Mars with Curiosity and the Trace Gas Orbiter!

SPACEX’S STARSHIP MARS VEHICLE COULD 'FLY' FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK SPACEX IS FINALLY READY TO TEST ITS 'STARSHIP' INTRO SpaceX is on FIRE!!!

SpaceX Starship Raptor Engine breaks Russian rocketry record held for two decades SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the company’s Raptor engine, meant to power Starship and Super Heavy, has surpassed a rocketry record held by Russian scientists and engineers for more than two decades!