After days of showers rolled through Florida, a SpaceX booster launched and landed for a record time on a Starlink mission.

Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in South Texas. The engine ran for approximately 60 seconds, and SpaceX confirmed the test-firing in a post on X: "Starship completed a long duration six-engine static fire and is undergoing final preparations for the ninth flight test."

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first-stage booster will make its 28th flight with this May 12 liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX can now launch Starship 25 times a year in South Texas, a change that Elon Musk's rocket company welcomes as communities in affected regions worry about potential destruction from the powerful vehicle.