- SpaceX is on track to launch the Falcon Heavy for the first time in three years after it successfully put the heavy-lift launch vehicle through a static fire test.
- The private space corporation has announced the test’s successful completion on Twitter, along with a photo of the rocket as it breathes out fire and smoke while perched at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A.
- During a static fire test, a rocket’s engines are ignited to check their performance while remaining on the ground.
