SpaceX's Starship 29 Update Wet Dress Rehearsal and More

TapTechNews May 21st news, SpaceX tweeted through its official X account 7 hours ago, stating that Starship 29 has completed the Wet Dress Rehearsal, and currently only awaits approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to finalize the launch date.

TapTechNews reported on May 17th that SpaceX has already mounted Starship 29 on SuperHeavy Booster 11, and in today's test, filled the two rockets with propellant to assess their performance before flight.

Through these tests, SpaceX certifies multiple systems of the rockets to ensure they can withstand the high propellant pressure on the day of flight.

In today's fueling test, the first sign of propellant loading appeared 15 minutes before 9 am local time in Texas, and obvious frost features began to appear on the rocket. Before condensation, SpaceX had already started to drain the propellant from the fueling pipelines and other equipment.

After these tests are completed, SpaceX may dismantle the stack of these two rockets and may transport them back to the production base for final preparatory work.

SpaceX Starship has previously conducted three test flight activities.

In the first test flight, the failure reason was that the starship and the booster failed to separate, and SpaceX detonated the rocket less than four minutes after liftoff.

In the second test flight, the starship successfully separated from the super heavy booster about 2 minutes and 40 seconds after flight, but the super heavy booster then had a huge explosion in the air.

The third test flight was held on March 14th Beijing time. The test rocket was launched from the Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, flying higher and faster than the previous two times, and it was also the first time to reach orbital speed.