Starship's 'lucky number 13' test flight moves SpaceX
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Following an aborted launch attempt last week in which several engines failed to ignite at liftoff, SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is back on the launchpad in Starbase, Texas. A 90-minute launch window opens at 6:45 p.
It was the 13th test overall of Starship. The success is a boon to NASA’s moon plans and SpaceX’s hopes to deploy a million data centers in orbit.
The megarocket's latest test flight went well, but SpaceX still needs to overcome a critical engineering hurdle.
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SpaceX flew its Starship a 13th time and set it down intact in the Indian Ocean for the first time
SpaceX launched Starship for the 13th time from Texas, carrying 20 advanced Starlink satellites, and for the first time brought the upper stage down intact in the Indian Ocean, where the ship remained afloat after splashdown.
A last-second abort stopped Starship on the pad last week. Now SpaceX is trying again tonight. Here’s what changed.