Engineers were eager to see how redesigned flaps near the nose of Starship worked during its descent back to Earth. And once the ship reached space, SpaceX intended to release 10 mock-ups of next ...

Telemetry from the Starship froze eight minutes and 27 seconds ... a hellish blaze of atmospheric friction before flipping nose up for a tail-first, rocket-powered splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Because Starship is not equipped with a nose cone, or payload fairing, as most other rockets are, the satellites will likely need to be ejected from a special hatch or doors. It may be similar to ...

The Starship, meanwhile ... belly first through a hellish blaze of atmospheric friction before flipping nose up for a tail-first, rocket-powered splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Starship is critical to the company's plans ... SpaceX noted that the "significant upgrades" to this vehicle include changes to the flaps on the vehicle's nose, redesigns of its propulsion system to ...

Starship launched from SpaceX's private "Starbase ... to this vehicle include changes to the flaps on the vehicle's nose, redesigns of its propulsion system to boost performance, an enhanced ...