Starship's 'lucky number 13' test flight moves SpaceX
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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.
Follow SpaceX's third attempt to launch Flight 13 from South Texas after last week's engine abort and a weather scrub Thursday.
The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue re-lighting the booster's rocket engines.