On Flight 14, SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit

Starship taking off

A SpaceX Starship reached orbit for the first time on Sept. 28. 

Credit: SpaceX
There was a moment when SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 was going to end early, nixing the mission’s primary goal to reach orbit for the first time. Eleven minutes after launch on Sept. 28 and with 10 min. remaining before Starship’s scheduled burn to reach orbit, SpaceX mission commentator Dan Huot...
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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