After a string of failures, finally success for the world's biggest and most powerful rocket
As Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean, SpaceX employees and their CEO Elon Musk celebrated
Great work by the SpaceX team. Just an hour earlier, Starship blasted off from Texas, this time testing a series of upgrades
Moments after reaching space, it completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload
eight dummy satellites. Shortly after, its atmospheric re-entry put a variety of new heat shield tiles to the test
This success comes after a rough year. In March, an explosion grounded flights and caused debris to rain down over the Bahamas
In June, another starship blew up on the launch pad. two setbacks in a negative trend that may now be broken
The U.S. space agency NASA was quick to join the celebration. Congratulations to SpaceX on its Starship test
Flight 10's success paves the way for the Starship human landing system
that will bring American astronauts back to the moon on Artemis 3
NASA plans its first crewed Starship mission to the moon in 2027
but most observers say that date will likely slip