SpaceX launched its sub-scale Starship “hopper” spacecraft on a brief unpiloted up-and-down test flight at the company’s Boca Chica, Texas, test facility Tuesday, a dramatic demonstration of rocket technology intended to pave the way to a new, more powerful heavy lift booster and, eventually, crew-carrying interplanetary spacecraft. FULL STORY: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/08/27/spacex-launches-starship-hopper-on-dramatic-test-flight/ | Spaceflight Now