Starship

Artemis III is a demonstration mission in which teams on Earth and in orbit will practice rendezvous and docking operations between Orion and the lunar landers Starship and Blue Moon.

SpaceX’s 13th Starship test flight was postponed from the previous Friday to Monday and then to Thursday, July 23.

Starship is one of the programs that investors use to assess SpaceX's ability to turn growth prospects into operating results.

Starship Flight 13 was the second Starship mission in the V3 configuration.

Starship development delays could affect NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2027 under the Artemis program.

SpaceX has used Starlink to provide real-time flight video and telemetry data during Starship flight tests.

SpaceX aborted the 13th Starship test flight during ignition of the rocket’s Raptor engines.

SpaceX’s Starship HLS and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander are among the landers involved in future Artemis missions.

The first Starship V3 flight was postponed after a ground fault was detected during preparations.

Starship Flight 13 was planned to include the first test deployment of 20 Starlink V3 satellites.

The aborted Starship test flight was postponed after some engines failed to start and SpaceX unloaded methane and liquid oxygen from the rocket.

Starship Flight 13 includes updates to the alarms, engine abort systems, and propulsion systems.

During Starship Flight 12, small differences in the ignition of Starship's Raptor engines shifted the Super Heavy booster flip maneuver by about 90 degrees.

The Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 13 is expected to complete launch, return maneuver, and landing operations at a site in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX has modified Starship's hardware and software to address problems from the previous flight.

SpaceX is conducting Starship's 13th flight test.

The 20 Starlink V3 satellites are expected to reenter and disintegrate about 20 minutes after release on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration attributed the Super Heavy booster return failure in Starship Flight 12 to heat effects on the system during ascent and an incorrect motor alarm system configuration.