Just like yesterday, SpaceX is lined up to attempt its most ambitious launch yet of the water tower-like Starhopper test vehicle. This is all in preparation for its upcoming Starship, but first the Raptor engines and frame need some shorter non-orbital attempts. If all goes well, it will fly to around 500 feet high at about 6 PM ET, but as we saw with yesterday's test, anything can happen, like a wiring issue -- even with just eight tenths of a second left on the countdown.
Update: The test went off as planned this time, apparently without a hitch. You can watch the flight below, but we're already looking forward to bigger and better hops.
SpaceX's Starhopper conducts 150 meter test hop under the power of the SN6 Raptor!
— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 27, 2019
THAT WAS AMAZING! pic.twitter.com/7exBqW4HeV
About to do next Starhopper flight test https://t.co/eeXPQPk7t6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 27, 2019
