SpaceX prepares for test flights of the Starship prototype

"The SN8 (ship modification 

) with nose cone and fins will be ready in about a week," Musk wrote on Twitter.

As the head of SpaceX clarifies, specialists must conduct several fire tests of the prototype of the ship, after which it will be possible to carry out a test flight to an altitude of 60 thousand feet (18.3 km

) and return it to Earth.

It is reported that this ship is intended for future flights to Mars.

SpaceX previously launched a rocket with 57 satellites on board.