New prototype Starship taken to launch pad

Specialists of the company SpaceX took to the launch site the prototype ship Starship SN4 for testing, said the founder SpaceX the company Elon Musk on the social network Twitter. At the SpaceX launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, USA, the prototype SN4 will be filled with cryogenic fluid. This test should show that the tanks of the spacecraft under development are capable of withstanding high pressure when filled with ultra-cold fuel. To date, only one of the Starship SN2 prototypes has passed this test. The previous SN3 prototype was destroyed in a similar test on 3 April 2020. The SpaceX is also developing a Starship ship and a super-heavy launch vehicle for manned flights beyond Earth orbit. In SpaceX, it is expected that the first test orbital flight of Starship will take place before the end of 2020. As previously reported by the news agency, the first flight in manned mode of another ship SpaceX Crew Dragon is scheduled for May 27. It is scheduled to deliver NASA astronauts Robert Benken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station.