SpaceX’s Starship completed its sixth test flight on November 19 and everything went as planned with the Super Heavy booster and Starship. The test flight was performed as Super Heavy lifted off the pad with all 33 Raptor engines powering it and Starship to a nominal ascent. Following the stage separation, the booster performed a normal boostback burn to return to the launch site.
NASA and its industry partners are planning for sustained exploration of the lunar surface with the Artemis campaign to advance science and discovery. To further that goal, NASA will assign demo missions to its current human landing system providers SpaceX and Blue Origin. The two will bring their large cargo landing systems to maturity after successful design certification reviews.
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