SpaceX Prototype Starship Makes Small, Tethered Hop

Irene Klotz April 04, 2019
Credit: Starhopper: NASASpaceFlight
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX ignited a methane-burning Raptor engine attached to the base of its prototype Starship vehicle on April 3, the first in a series of vertical-takeoff-and-landing tests to develop a superheavy-lift, fully reusable, two-stage spacecraft capable of shuttling people and payloads...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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