Starship Flight 12 inches closer to launch with booster and ship static fires

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://spaceexplored.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HF_XtVIXcAQ5jrN.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">In what is likely the biggest week in <a href="https://spaceexplored.com/guides/starship/">Starship</a> development since the last flight of its full rocket, SpaceX completed two static fires of its next-generation Starship rocket down in Starbase, Texas. Both tests are major steps forward in getting both the booster and upper stage, called the ship, ready for Starship flight 12.</p>