Starship Engine Restart, Heat Shield Tested During Flight Test 6

Super Heavy makes a powered splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Credit: SpaceX webcast
SpaceX bypassed a second attempt to catch a returning Super Heavy booster in its launch gantry, but demonstrated for the first time reignition of a Starship Raptor engine during the program’s sixth flight test on Nov. 19. With President-elect Donald Trump in attendance, SpaceX’s sixth Starship-Super...
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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