Aviation Week reports, “SpaceX passed on attempting to bring the Super Heavy booster that launched a Starship spacecraft Nov. 19 back to its launch tower due to a communications glitch. The company had hoped to repeat its unprecedented Oct. 19 booster catch during its Nov. 19 flight test from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.”
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SpaceX Stacks Super Heavy Booster for Starship’s 12th Test Flight
SpaceX recently stacked the giant Super Heavy booster that will help launch the upcoming 12th test flight of the company’s Starship megarocket. SPACE reports, “On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), the company posted a photo on X of the shiny Super Heavy booster that will conduct Starship Flight 12 standing in a high bay at its Starbase facility in South Texas.”
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