SpaceX plans for Starship test flight next week, which Elon Musk gives 1-in-3 odds of landing intact - CNBC
SpaceX is aiming to launch its latest Starship rocket prototype as early as "next week," CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday, in what would be the company's most ambitious flight test of the rocket to date.
Musk confirmed that Starship prototype Serial Number 8, or SN8, successfully completed a test firing of its three engines ahead of the flight attempt.SpaceX is aiming to pass several further development milestones with Starship SN8's flight.Last year Musk said that Starship could potentially fly people in 2020, but he's since acknowledged that the rocket still has many milestones, including "hundreds of missions," to go before that happens.