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SpaceX has completed the final major test ahead of a critical flight test of its Mars-bound Starship rocket. The upper stage of the rocket performed a static fire of its six raptor engines while anchored to the launch pad at SpaceX ’s Starbase facility in Texas on Monday, with the launch expected to take place in the coming days or weeks.

SpaceX is moving forward with plans for another Starship launch on the heels of the last test Aug. 26 from its Starbase headquarters in Texas.

Just after sunrise on Sept. 24, SpaceX launched three space weather spacecraft -- the primary being NASA's IMAP.

SpaceX is another step closer to the 11th flight of the mighty Starship rocket after it completed a test fire of the Ship’s engines on Monday. The test, which took place at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern Texas, appeared to go without a hitch, suggesting the 11th Starship flight could take place by the end of this month, or early next.

SpaceX is seeking federal approval to alter the flight path of its massive Starship rocket, a change that could send the vehicle across Florida skies.

The deal between the new South Texas city and Cameron County mirrors a similar agreement with South Padre Island and requires a plan to combat beach erosion.

With ally SpaceX, the Italian Space Agency is set to chart and safeguard future astronaut flights to Mars while testing tech to transplant life across the Red Planet.

Members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel believe the Human Landing System version of Starship won’t be ready for Artemis 3’s launch in 2027.