SpaceX, a space travel and launch company, ignited the engines of its Super Heavy booster on July 15, 2024, before Starship's next integrated flight test (IFT), expected to take place in the next few weeks.

SpaceX's Starship is designed as a fully reusable system. The spacecraft's launch tower includes two large "chopstick" arms designed to catch Super Heavy by its grid fins as the booster comes to a momentary standstill in midair to capitulate to the chopsticks' arms. This way, the booster is already prepared to launch again in the future. 

NASA has contracted SpaceX's Starship as the lunar lander for its Artemis 3 mission. SpaceX rolled out the Super Heavy first-stage booster on 9 July 2024 to the launch pad at Starbase, South Texas. SpaceX shared a post on its X page of a video capturing the rocket's 33 Raptor engines firing at full thrust for ~20 seconds.

Each of Starship's four flights has been more successful than its predecessor flight. The rocket's recent launch in June 2024 was a complete success as it recovered the Super Heavy booster and the upper stage back through a regulated ocean splashdown.