The near-flawless flight revives hopes for Nasa’s Artemis III plans for 2027 but analysts warn Chinese momentum could win lunar prize
Nasa acting administrator Sean Duffy wrote on social media that Flight 10’s success “paves the way for the Starship Human Landing System that will bring American astronauts back to the moon on Artemis III”.
“This is a great day for Nasa and our commercial space partners,” he wrote.
“We won the first space race, and we’re going to win today’s space race, and tomorrow’s space race,” he told CBS Evening News after the Starship test flight.
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