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Space.com · 2h

Watch SpaceX's Starship come down for nighttime splashdown during epic test flight (video)

"Starship flip maneuver and landing burn on its fifth flight test. Vehicle improvements ensured flaps were protected from high heating, resulting in a controlled entry and high-accuracy splashdown at the targeted area in the Indian Ocean," SpaceX wrote in a Friday (Oct. 18) post on X that shared the 21-second video.

Space on MSN · 2d

Relive SpaceX's epic Starship launch (and rocket catch) in these jawdropping photos and video

The Starship upper stage — known as Starship, or simply Ship — did a suborbital space cruise for about an hour before splashing down in the Indian Ocean as planned. The newest photos from SpaceX were beamed to Earth via the company's Starlink internet satellites, showing the spacecraft at various phases of its mission.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 3d

SpaceX Launches Starship Mega-Rocket and Catches Its Booster in Midair on First Try

The success is a giant leap toward the company's goal to take humans and cargo all the way to Mars on the world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle

MarketWatch on MSN · 5d

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket. Elon Musk's company caught the returning booster back at the Texas launch pad with mechanical arms Sunday, shortly after liftoff.

Space on MSN3d

SpaceX plans to catch Starship upper stage with 'chopsticks' in early 2025, Elon Musk says

SpaceX just caught the giant first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket — and it plans to do the same with the vehicle's ...

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Musk hails Starship demo as step toward 'multiplanetary' life; tests began with ugly explosion

SpaceX's Starship flew on its boldest flight test yet, a pivotal step forward for the vehicle that will take astronauts to ...

NextBigFuture12h

SpaceX Starship Ocean Landing is Promising for a Tower Catch Attempt

Elon Musk said the SpaceX starship achieved a precise, soft landing in the ocean, paving the way for return to launch site ...

Space on MSN3d

SpaceX Catches a Falling Starship—A First in Spaceflight History

SpaceX’s fifth Starship flight test concluded with mechanical arms snatching the descending rocket booster out of the air ...

3d

Why SpaceX's latest Starship launch was such a huge deal for space travel

Elon Musk stands victorious in his ambitious Starship plans now that SpaceX caught the Super Heavy booster with giant ...

Interesting Engineering2dOpinion

Opinion: Elon Musk’s Starship booster catch will change spaceflight forever

Elon Musk is an increasingly divisive figure on social media. But could his company's incredible engineering achievements ...

1don MSN

“Starship Troopers” cast remembers the film's 'lousy reception' before becoming cult classic

"Today’s young audiences will come up to us and go, ‘there’s no way they missed the satire, it’s so blatant!’" Casper Van ...

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A small robotics company says Elon Musk's 'Robovan' and 'Starship' are great names — except it got trademarks for them first

The robotics company Starship Technologies filed trademarks for both "Starship" and "Robovan" before SpaceX and Tesla did, ...

4don MSN

SpaceX shares spectacular close-up footage of Starship launch and landing

SpaceX has released spectacular footage showing a close-up view of Sunday's historic Starship mission.The Latest Tech News, ...

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