SpaceX president reveals Something Big happening with Starship Moon Landing after Flight 11 Success

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SpaceX president reveals Something Big happening with Starship Moon Landing after Flight 11 Success === #space #spacezone #spacex #starship === SpaceX president reveals Something Big happening with Starship Moon Landing after Flight 11 Success Starship Flight 11 was a spectacular display of engineering and ambition — but what does this successful mission mean for the future of the Starship program? Let’s hear what SpaceX’s president and other key industry voices have to say about this milestone. SpaceX pulled off another big win on Monday with the 11th launch of its Super Heavy-Starship rocket — and this one really built on the progress of past flights. SpaceX president reveals Something Big happening with Starship Moon Landing after Flight 11 Success Elon Musk, SpaceX founder and CEO, even popped onto the company's livestream for a quick cameo before liftoff. He mentioned it was actually the first time he planned to watch a Starship launch from outside. "Normally I'm in mission control and stuff," Musk said casually. "It's really going to be much more visceral." Not long after, Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — roared into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas. The massive booster separated cleanly and made a controlled dive into the Gulf of Mexico, just as planned. Meanwhile, the Starship spacecraft soared up, skimmed the edge of space, then began its descent into the Indian Ocean. Nothing was recovered this time, but that wasn’t really the point. On the achievement side, though? Plenty. The vehicle deployed eight payloads during a six-minute window starting about 19 minutes after liftoff, while cruising 119 miles (192 km) above Earth. It also nailed a key technical milestone: a brief but successful Raptor engine relight nearly 38 minutes into the flight. SpaceX president reveals Something Big happening with Starship Moon Landing after Flight 11 Success As Starship headed back to Earth, it held up impressively through the extreme heat of reentry — even with some heat shield tiles deliberately removed to test performance. The ship performed its complex banking maneuver before gently splashing down in the Indian Ocean just over an hour after launch. That move isn’t just for show — it’s actually practice for the kind of maneuvers Starship will need to pull off when it eventually starts flying back to its launch site. Perfecting that return is a major focus for the next phase of the Starship test campaign, which kicks off next year. The landing was right on target, captured live by a camera mounted on a buoy. “Let 'em hear it, Starbase!” SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot shouted during the webcast, as cheers erupted from employees celebrating the flight’s success. “What a day!”.