Validation testing on a Raptor 3 performing a Starship V3 ascent burn. Multiple versions of this test will cover the different conditions seen by Starship’s three inner engines during its initial climb to space | SpaceX

On March 2, 2019, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center for its first uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station — and in less than a week, it made history with multiple “firsts”: 🛰️ First commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to launch from U.S. soil on a mission to the ISS. 🛰️ First commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft to dock with the ISS. 🛰️ First autonomous docking of a U.S. spacecraft to the IS