{"id":18156,"date":"2019-02-04T00:54:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T16:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacexs-elon-musk-shows-off-test-firing-of-starships-methane-fueled-raptor-engine\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T00:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T16:54:29","slug":"spacexs-elon-musk-shows-off-test-firing-of-starships-methane-fueled-raptor-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacexs-elon-musk-shows-off-test-firing-of-starships-methane-fueled-raptor-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX\u2019s Elon Musk shows off test firing of Starship\u2019s methane-fueled Raptor engine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk checks out the nozzle of a full-scale Raptor rocket engine in advance of its first test firing. (Elon Musk via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SpaceX CEO celebrated the first test firing of a full-scale, built-for-flight Raptor engine for his Starship super-rocket in the usual way tonight: by tweeting about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo proud of great work by @SpaceX team,\u201d Musk wrote in a series of tweets from SpaceX\u2019s test facility near McGregor, Texas.<\/p>\n

Scaled-down versions of the methane-fueled Raptor rocket engine went through testing as far back as two and a half years ago, but Musk said this weekend\u2019s test marked the \u201cfirst firing of Starship Raptor flight engine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s tweets fired up SpaceX enthusiasts on Reddit, who went so far as to debate the source of the colors seen in imagery from the test. Here are highlights from the tweetstream::<\/p>\n