Salvaged Starship Returns To Starbase
Irene Klotz October 07, 2026 The Starship spacecraft that flew on July 24 was loaded onto a semi-submersible ship on Aug. 25 near Christmas Island. It...
Irene Klotz October 07, 2026 The Starship spacecraft that flew on July 24 was loaded onto a semi-submersible ship on Aug. 25 near Christmas Island. It reached Starbase, Texas, on Oct.
7. Credit: SpaceX The Starship spacecraft that SpaceX launched for a suborbital flight test nearly 11 weeks ago returned to the company’s Starbase, Texas, complex on Oct. 7 for additional analysis.
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SpaceX put together a plan to retrieve the ship after it made an unexpectedly soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean on... Irene Klotz Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.
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