With Starship Flight proving that a tower catch is indeed possible, SpaceX is now racing to upgrade the design of the second stage Starship to avoid flap damage during atmospheric reentry. The upper stage Starship’s forward flap was one of the highlights of Flight 4, as, throughout the spacecraft’s reentry, the appendage was engulfed in fire. Yet, despite the damage, Starship survived reentry and made its first successful soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean to allow SpaceX to progress towards an eventual ship tower catch. Soon after Flight 4, Elon Musk shared that future Starship upper stages would feature upgraded […]
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