Don't miss out this photo of SpaceX's finished Starship test vehicle
Washington, Jan 13: SpaceX has completed the development of Starship for its very first test flight ever and Elon Musk took Twitter to share the glimpse of the company's Starship test flight rocket on January 11. Well, it looks like something that has come out of a retro sci-fi movie.
Posting on Twitter, he announced that the spaceflight company's test version of the Starship dubbed the "hopper," has just finished being assembled at SpaceX's launch site in Boca Chica Village, Texas.
Starship test flight rocket just finished assembly at the @SpaceX Texas launch site. This is an actual picture, not a rendering. pic.twitter.com/k1HkueoXaz
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 11, 2019
Twitter user Evelyn Arevalo shared a video on Twitter and wrote, "SpaceX first Starship Hopper under Texas Boca Chica Beach's cloudy sky."
SpaceX first Starship hopper under Texas Boca Chica Beach's cloudy sky.@elonmusk #Starship #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/hVg5Ken7Vp
— Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo (@JaneidyEve) January 10, 2019
This two-stage vehicle -- composed of a Booster and a Ship -- is designed to eventually replace the company's Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and the Dragon spacecraft.