SpaceX's Starship Completes 11th Test Flight
SpaceX has successfully launched its 11th Starship rocket from Starbase, Texas, marking another milestone in Elon Musk's ambitious plan to create a fully reusable spacecraft for missions to the Moon and Mars.
The test flight lifted off at 6:20 p.m. CT (2320 GMT), with the Super Heavy booster executing a controlled water landing in the Gulf of Mexico roughly ten minutes later—a key step toward demonstrating total reusability.
The Starship upper stage reached space, carrying a batch of dummy Starlink satellites, as SpaceX tested new heat shield tiles designed to endure intense reentry conditions.
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Author's summary: SpaceX's Starship completes 11th test flight.