SpaceX Starship Crashes After High-Altitude Flight Test

Irene Klotz December 10, 2020
Credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Starship prototype, powered for the first time by a trio of liquid oxygen- and methane-burning Merlin engines, crashed during a landing attempt following the company’s first high-altitude flight test. The 160-ft.-tall, stainless-steel vehicle, designated Starship SN8, lifted off at 5:45 p.m...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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