US EditionSpaceX Successfully Completes 10th Starship Test Mission
The tenth Starship flight aims to validate the spacecraft's design after previous failures, supporting NASA's Artemis III lunar mission and Elon Musk's Mars colonization goals.
- On August 26, 2025, SpaceX conducted the tenth test launch of its Starship vehicle, propelled by the Super Heavy booster, from its facilities in Starbase, Texas.
- The launch occurred after two postponements caused by a fuel leak and unfavorable weather, following a series of recent test flights that concluded with the upper stage detonating on three separate occasions.
- The mission includes testing a controlled landing using two center engines above the Gulf, and conducting upper stage in-space tests with Starlink simulators and engine relight.
- Elon Musk explained that their goal with Starship is to develop a heat shield ready for immediate use, underscoring the technical difficulties involved.
- This flight advances Starship's goal to support NASA's Moon landing and Musk's Mars ambitions, despite reservations that successes have not yet exceeded failures.
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der Standard DEAfter several failed attempts, the giant rocket Starship of the US space company Space X has successfully completed its tenth test flight
Super Heavy was separated from Starship about seven minutes after landing and landed in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in the south of the United States, as expected, although it is not known whether it is all.
This tenth test flight passed Tuesday, August 26th of the largest rocket ever built, with a controlled landing, following three tests having ended at the beginning of the year with explosions in the air.
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A SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket thunders away from Starbase, Texas to begin the Starhip Flight 10 mission on Aug. 26, 2025. Image: SpaceX Running two days late, SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket Tuesday, chalking up what appeared to be a remarkably successful test flight in the wake of three back-to-back failures earlier this year. While re-entry heating damaged a protective “skirt” around the the engine bay of the upper …
After the launch had been postponed several times, SpaceX reports a successful test flight of its Starship rocket. In space, the deployment of satellites was simulated.
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