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Stonestreet Stables’ Twilight Gleaming made an impression across multiple continents as a 2-year-old last year, culminating in a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2), and will make her Saratoga Race Course debut in Friday’s $150,000 Coronation Cup for sophomore fillies.
The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday featuring stakes from Belmont Park and Churchill.
The Starship SN20 vehicle performed a "static fire" test today (Dec. 29) at the company's South Texas site, briefly igniting its Raptor engines while remaining anchored to the ground.
This will allow for additional access to the aft of the vehicle, following what is understood to be positive results from initial inspections conducted while the vehicle was sat on the landing pad. As for SN15, numerous options remain open to SpaceX, from reflying the Starship to conducting ground tests including cryotesting the vehicle in what is a post-flight configuration or even Static Fire testing if the option of another flight is removed. Reflying SN15 would be an attractive option to SpaceX, a milestone that caters towards the company’s reusability mantra. It would also allow for ad...
April 26, 2021 Starship SN15 is set to re-enter pre-launch testing Monday, tasked with setting the scene this week for a flight that could pave the way toward an orbital flight in the coming months. The groundwork for the push to orbit is taking place both at the Orbital Launch Site and elsewhere in Texas as a new dual-bay Raptor test stand nears completion. Starship SN15: Since arriving at the Suborbital Launch Site, SN15 has undergone several “risk reduction” tests ahead of firing up her trio of Raptors. I have received an Alert notice and there is a road and beach closure scheduled f...