Watch the amazing slow-motion video of when SpaceX Starship runs static fire tests at the Starbase facility in Texas. Credit: ...

This was the third static fire test of the SN8 prototype, in which the rocket is fueled as if it were to be launched, then fires its engines for a few seconds which remains attached to the ground.

In addition to testing Booster 7, SpaceX also did a static fire test on two of the six Raptor engines on Starship 24. That's the current prototype for the launch system's upper stage, and it's ...