SpaceX BFR Hopper Tests On Track To Begin In 2019

Credit: BFR: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX remains on track to begin vertical takeoff and landing testing of the upper stage of its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2019, a time frame originally laid out by CEO Elon Musk last year. “We’re working to build the first upper stage right now. We want to do hop tests next year,”...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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