Ship 40 Back At Starbase After Surprise Reentry Survival

The 1st SpaceX Starship to survive a launch to space just came home to its launch site

After surviving its splashdown and a grueling journey at sea, SpaceX's Ship 40 has returned to Starbase, where engineers will study the first recovered Starship upper stage for clues to future reusability.

Ship 40 Back At Starbase After Surprise Reentry Survival

The Starship second stage of SpaceX’s Integrated Flight Test-13 is back at Starbase, TX after surprisingly surviving splashdown in the Indian Ocean in July. To date, it is the only Starship not to explode after reaching the water and tipping over, with residual fuel usually causing an explosion. SpaceX was delighted to get post-recovery data especially about performance of the tiles, but returning it to Texas was no easy task. Meanwhile, the FAA…

Starship 40 joins three other ships inside SpaceX's Megabay at Starbase, it's time for some serious data collection

SpaceX (SPCX) moved Flight 13 upper stage Starship 40 to Megabay 2 at Starbase, Texas. Ship 40 joined three other Starships already parked inside this huge rocket hangar. Starship 40 arrived at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, from the Indian Ocean on October 7 aboard a humongous sea transport vessel named Forte. The port is […]

SpaceX Starship 40 of Flight Test#13 Returns from Indian Ocean

SpaceX Starship 40 of Flight Test#13 Returns from Indian Ocean | Starbase TexasSpaceX Update: "The first Starship to return to its launch site, Ship 40's journey took it across air, space, and sea. Now that it is vertical alongside three other Starships in a Megabay at Starbase, it will provide first-of-its-kind data on a flown Starship heatshield, Raptor engines, avionics, and more."SpaceX Starship Flight Test 13 involved the launch of Ship 40 …