From blue skies to the red horizons of Mars
On Nov. 13, New Glenn launched @NASA’s ESCAPADE mission and landed its fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic.
Starship’s tenth flight test took a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.
Next up: Flight 11 of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, October 13 → https://t.co/YmvmGZUsXW
View of Starship landing burn and splashdown on Flight 10, made possible by SpaceX’s recovery team. Starship made it through reentry with intentionally missing tiles, completed maneuvers to intentionally stress its flaps, had visible damage to its aft skirt and flaps, and still executed a flip and landing burn that placed it approximately 3 meters from its targeted splashdown point
The first grid fin for the next generation Super Heavy booster. The redesigned grid fins are 50% larger and higher strength, moving from four fins to three for vehicle control while enabling the booster to descend at higher angles of attack.