Oct. 13 (UPI) -- SpaceX on Monday successfully tested the 11th flight test of its Starship, the two-stage, heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars.
Liftoff was at 6:23 p.m. CDT at the company's Starbase compound in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and about 20 miles from Brownsville.
The Super Heavy upper booster first splashed down in the Gulf about eight minutes after liftoff. Then, for only the second time, the Starship spacecraft successfully went down in the Indian Ocean about one hour later.
Neither rocket was going to be recovered, though the company wants in later flights to reuse the Super Heavy and Starship spacecraft, which will ultimately include the crew cabin.
Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/sbfmGAEPa6— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2025
