SpaceX Successfully Tests Starship and Super Heavy Rocket Engines Ahead of Third Launch Test

Elon Musk sets ambitious production goals for Starship to enable Mars colonization within three decades.

SpaceX successfully conducted a dual test of engines on its Starship and Super Heavy rocket stages in preparation for its third Starship launch test, expected in early 2024.
Both tests were successful, with all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster firing for about 10 seconds.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has set a goal for Starship production to be 100/year, ideally rising to 300/year, to achieve Mars colonization in roughly three decades.
Two previous Starship test flights in 2023 failed to complete their objectives of sending a Starship upper stage craft around the Earth.
SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy megarocket are designed to be fully reusable and will one day fly astronauts to the moon and back.