The Raptor engine for the Starship spacecraft passed its first tests, the founder of SpaceX wrote. Elon Musk tweeted a photo of the tests and noted that he was proud of the excellent work of the SpaceX team.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2019
The Starship spaceship for interplanetary flights is set to be the second stage of the the Big Falcon Rocket, a super-heavy launch vehicle. It will be equipped with three Raptor engines.
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