Tag Archives: Reentry

SpaceX has completed its eleventh integrated flight test of Starship, marking another leap forward in developing the world’s most powerful and fully reusable launch system. Launched from Starbase, Texas, the flight saw both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage complete critical test objectives, including controlled descent and landing burns — milestones that move SpaceX closer to fully reusable …

SYDNEY — The Exploration Company, a European startup developing a cargo spacecraft, is still studying what happened in the final phases of a test flight three months ago that resulted in the loss of the spacecraft. The company launched Mission Possible, a test of a reentry capsule, on SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission in June. The 1,600-kilogram spacecraft survived reentry, but contact …

It is a month since we returned home from the Appalachian Trail. In truth, it has been a pretty chaotic month but we both feel pretty settled with it. Early in the month, both of us temporarily lost the memory the hike as a recent event. Strangely, when we thought about The Trail, it was like a foggy memory. Now, …