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Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in South Texas. The engine ran for approximately 60 seconds, and SpaceX confirmed the test-firing in a post on X: "Starship completed a long duration six-engine static fire and is undergoing final preparations for the ninth flight test."
Emirates is in discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to overhaul the carrier’s internet service as the world’s largest international airline looks to enhance its in-flight Wi-Fi.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX will launch Starship's 9th test flight next week, Elon Musk says"Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on X."
SpaceX's Falcon 9 bolted off the pad at 12:38 p.m. at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying 28 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX is getting closer to launching Starship, the world's largest rocket, once again on a critical flight test later in May.
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IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will have to wait for a few more days before he could launch on his debut spaceflight. NASA announced on May 15 that Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed to June to "finalize mission plans, spacecraft readiness, and logistics."