Starship reaches orbit, splashes down
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SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday but ended its test flight in the Pacific about seven hours earlier than planned.
SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/s...
SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time
The 14th test flight marks a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars.
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September 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/s...
Musk managed to get it up this time, but it sputtered, and then fell back down prematurely
SpaceX's Starship engine failure could impact NASA's moon mission objectives reut.rs/4rCJqaJ
SpaceX's Starship engine failure could impact NASA's moon mission objectives
Starship, designed in part to carry large payloads to space, is one of two vehicles vying to become the first craft that NASA will use as early as 2028 to land humans on the moon.
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September 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Musk managed to get it up this time, but it sputtered, and then fell back down prematurely
by Greg Linden
Buried the lede: "three engines started to clog up with ice ... [then] only eight of 13 planned engines reigniting, leading to a hard landing in the water ... slowed down before erupting in a ball of flames."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time
Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attempt
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September 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Buried the lede: "three engines started to clog up with ice ... [then] only eight of 13 planned engines reigniting, leading to a hard landing in the water ... slowed down before erupting in a ball of flames."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Here's the complete video of today's #Starship test flight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwA...
Here's the complete video of today's #Starship test flight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwA...
SpaceX Starship IFT-14 Launch and Landing, September 28, 2026
YouTube video by Space SPAN (Science Policy and News)
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September 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
#Space #SpaceX #NASA
Here's the complete video of today's #Starship test flight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwA...
Here's the complete video of today's #Starship test flight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwA...
Arguably the most successful Starship flight to date. Still dealing with the stray engine-out but otherwise a significant maturation of the technology. Starship looked like it had no noticeable re-entry damage, unlike earlier flights.
September 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Arguably the most successful Starship flight to date. Still dealing with the stray engine-out but otherwise a significant maturation of the technology. Starship looked like it had no noticeable re-entry damage, unlike earlier flights.