SpaceX Starship Sn9 Test Flight! Elon Musk Rocket Launch Feb 2nd

SN9, the latest prototype of SpaceX's Starship vehicle, soared on a test flight today (Feb. 2) from the company's South Texas site, on the Gulf Coast near the small community of Boca Chica Village.

The stainless-steel SN9 lifted off at 3:25 p.m. EST (1825 GMT; 2:25 p.m. local Texas time). The 165-foot-tall (50 meters) craft appeared to fly well, shutting down its three Raptor engines sequentially as planned, reaching its target altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) and performing a complex horizontal flip as it would during an operational reentry to Earth's atmosphere.