SpaceX on Tuesday confirmed that it totally fueled its Starship launch system throughout a vital check on Monday and is now getting ready to take the subsequent step towards launch.

The corporate shared photographs and video of its totally fueled Starship higher stage and Tremendous Heavy first stage in South Texas. The shiny, chrome steel autos appeared frosty as they had been loaded with super-cold liquid oxygen and methane propellants.

Throughout this “wet-dress rehearsal” check, SpaceX stated it loaded greater than 10 million kilos (about 460,000 kg) of propellant onboard the automobile, which, when totally stacked, stands 120 meters tall. Primarily then, over the course of somewhat greater than an hour, the corporate crammed a thin, 30-story skyscraper with flamable liquid propellants—and nothing blew up.

Notably, SpaceX accomplished this vital fueling check on its first try with Starship and Tremendous Heavy in a stacked configuration, testing each the rocket in addition to the launch tower and myriad floor techniques required to pump all of those pressurized cryogenic fluids.

Now, SpaceX stated, the corporate’s engineers and technicians will take away the Starship automobile from atop the primary stage and set it apart. It will allow the corporate to conduct a static hearth check of all 33 Raptor 2 rocket engines presently connected to the primary stage. That is the ultimate main technical check earlier than a launch try can happen.

This firing will check a number of key techniques, together with engine ignition and the plumbing contained in the rocket to hold all that gas to all these engines concurrently. It’s attainable that this check might happen inside the subsequent week or 10 days, however that timeline possible is determined by numerous work being achieved on schedule.

And if that check goes effectively? SpaceX will share the info from this and different checks with the Federal Aviation Administration, which is answerable for licensing the experimental launch from SpaceX’s services in South Texas. As well as, SpaceX additionally has work to do to arrange its floor techniques in South Texas for the launch try.

However, it’s clear that SpaceX is making wonderful progress towards the much-anticipated liftoff of Starship, which would be the heaviest, tallest, most succesful, and strongest rocket to ever take off from Earth.