Starship Lands, Then Bursts Into Fireball

Irene Klotz March 05, 2021
SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype
The remains of SN10, the third full-size Starship prototype to be tested at SpaceX’s Texas launch facility.
Credit: Trevor Mahlmann
SpaceX launched a full-scale Starship prototype on a high-altitude flight test on March 3, successfully demonstrating for the third time ascent, controlled unpowered horizontal descent, engine restart and a dramatic flip-up maneuver for a tail-first landing attempt. Unlike two previous test vehicles...
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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