SpaceX Booster 9 Raptor Engine Testing

SpaceX is conducting engine testing of Booster 9 at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Details of the test have not been confirmed. A road closure was scheduled from 6am CDT to 6pm CDT. The road was closed earlier, and the pad was cleared.
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[@battie893]

Spin Prime test is at 2:27:52

[@nirbhayatiwari5425]

Thanks bro

[@donottouchtheliverail2306]

Thanks

[@OliFPV]

Dankeschön 🍀👌

[@DebraJean196]

Thanks!

[@frietjedemeeuw9591]

U legend ❤

[@zapfanzapfan]

2:27:41 FireX starts, soon followed by spin prime.

[@59seank]

Thanks!

[@Donttrackmebruh]

1:24:20 Lol. Adrian saying "I'm German I don't get jokes" might be the funniest thing ever said on a live stream. I love all of y'all keep it up but don't burn yourselves out. 🤘🏼🧡

[@Marco2024cln]

That was a gorgeous cloud 😍 next on the check list... booster static fire! 💥 Thank you so much NSF.

[@gustavobas5230]

Thanks guys from Uruguay. May the force be with you😊

[@darringreen8630]

Now see Adrian, you had the perfect opportunity at the 2:14:45 mark. You should have continued with "...now, everyone in chat, ask about Jack's spicy chicken near death experience." Jack would have had no choice than to explain.

[@corrinastanley125]

Great stream thanks NSF team.

[@lordinquis8r679]

Plushies to my grandchildren along with a handwritten, eyewitness, first person account of the first Starship launch. They were warmly received.

[@DebraJean196]

There are just too many people who just don’t understand why space exploration is important. Frustrates me at times like now when people don’t understand why I’m excited about this

[@sdebeaubien]

No booms - always a good thing! Next up, SF! Or full stack? With new hot staging ring?

[@KyleWakes]

2:27:40 So you don’t have to aimlessly look for it in the vid

[@marcmayou1422]

As a long time Pad Rat I wish you would open up the Perks to included what the others get, there is no extra cost to you! Don't be greedy. we all support but some do not have the MONEY.

[@shereenrbenally6196]

Good Morning. Would you all assume that the Static Fire Tasks are going to make you sweat around the Deluge in your ancient test proving you all with your individually tailored Plushie Towers, with Mount included?

[@shereenrbenally6196]

Maybe...?

[@BeredisOG]

Can someone refresh on what the chill pit is please? Lol I don't recall hearing this term before.

[@stevengaming3689]

That looked like 16-33 engines spin primed.

[@nirbhayatiwari5425]

Why not all the engines ??

[@James42_]

@@nirbhayatiwari5425don't you remember what happened when they did it the first time? 😅

[@lyricbread]

I’m guessing 17-33. 😂

[@rogerthomas169]

​no, what happened during any spin prime test ever, that wasn't planned?

[@nirbhayatiwari5425]

@@James42_ Yes, I remember ... 😀

[@v3n0m14]

@NASASpaceflight why is the Booster not flight tested and then stack both?

[@mikegardner107]

Flight Tested? How can a booster preparing for its first flight already be flight tested?

[@v3n0m14]

@@mikegardner107 well it's like falcon9 it needs to go up and come back right? So if that is tested you know that works and have the information for the full stack flight...that was my question

[@firstduckofwellington6889]

@@v3n0m14B9 hasn’t flown yet

[@daveschneider4723]

Was the mysterious question about a diving board on B9 a joke about the grid fins?

[@JackABeyer]

Ah that makes sense

[@Cladded_Bean]

Yay

[@Black_hole306]

Thankfully No Explosens!

[@davidfann5397]

Can you show the crumple pop please

[@deerazor8280]

No firing today then, just lots of gassing 😳

[@voods]

That vent... i was driving

[@corrinastanley125]

Lol.

[@KCM25NJL]

was?

[@คมไผ่แข็งแรง]

I have goal to phyche16 an asteroid that have the many golden.

[@คมไผ่แข็งแรง]

Follow

[@oscr_zen]

did they fire? lul

[@cooperthedog]

Idk

[@raptorsealevel2039]

No only a spin prime

[@oscr_zen]

​@@raptorsealevel2039thanks

[@miltonmaxcruz2014]

🫂🇵🇷👍

[@antonybastin3432]

👍👍👍🇮🇳

[@bobc5894]

3 hours of nothing

[@imquokkacola]

It may not have been a static fire or launch, but a spin prime test is far from nothing. It's a part of the booster testing campaign. No spin prime failure = one step closer to launch.

[@firstduckofwellington6889]

Not at all.

[@ibrahimsyahzairussalam]

​​@@imquokkacolawhat could gone wrong in spin prime test?

[@nirbhayatiwari5425]

@@ibrahimsyahzairussalam Don't you remember ??

[@imquokkacola]

@ibrahimsyahzairussalam An explosion, actually. Booster 7 was a prime example of this. Methane ejected from the engines + oxygen from the environment around it + any kind of ignition source = big boom.