SpaceX has completed the first tethered hop for the ‘Starhopper’

SpaceX has completed the first tethered jump for its Starship prototype, Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet Wednesday evening.
Starhopper completed tethered hop. All systems green. https://t.co/0m5Bm5slD2
— Elon Musk(@elonmusk) April 4, 2019Called the Starhopper because it’s making limited hops to test the landing capabilities of the Starship vehicle, the tethered jump represents the first firing of a rocket engine at the company’s Boca Chica launch site.
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