SpaceX just about nails Starship test flight 13
Simulating missions that land at Starbase, SpaceX’s Texas home, builds toward future missions that launch and land at the same facility, speeding turnarounds for re-usable hardware.The test flight also saw SpaceX test a new routine for de-orbiting the Super Heavy booster used to hoist Starship into space. “The booster successfully completed the high thrust portion of the boostback burn with all 33 engines, the first time with a Super Heavy V3, before ending the burn early,” SpaceX said. SpaceX crew verified the sats worked and half a dozen of them got a look at Starship’s heatshield.
- ▪Simulating missions that land at Starbase, SpaceX’s Texas home, builds toward future missions that launch and land at the same facility, speeding turnarounds for re-usable hardware.The test flight also saw SpaceX test a new routine for de-o
- ▪“The booster successfully completed the high thrust portion of the boostback burn with all 33 engines, the first time with a Super Heavy V3, before ending the burn early,” SpaceX said.
- ▪SpaceX crew verified the sats worked and half a dozen of them got a look at Starship’s heatshield.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); science SpaceX just about nails Starship test flight 13 Super Heavy booster had a super heavy landing, but other reusability tech did the trick Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor APAC Editor Published mon 27 Jul 2026 // 04:53 UTC The 13th flight of SpaceX’s Starship made it off the launchpad on Friday and ticked off just about everything on the company’s to-do list.After delays and engine replacements, Elon Musk’s colosso-launcher took to the skies at beer-o’clock on Friday…
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