Starship's 'lucky number 13' test flight moves SpaceX
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An upgraded version of the world's most powerful rocket is key to landing NASA astronauts on the moon in the agency's Artemis program.
An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon vehicle docked at the ISS will make a return flight ending with a splashdown off the coast of California.
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight. SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean.
An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon vehicle that reached the ISS in mid-May following a launch from Cape Canaveral is due to head back to Earth today (June 16.)