Irene Klotz
October 14, 2025

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SpaceX’s 11th Starship-Super Heavy launch system completed a 65-min. suborbital flight test Oct. 13, paving the way for an orbital system to deploy Starlink satellites and test docking and in-space fuel transfer maneuvers needed for crewed lunar transport and other deep-space missions. The two-stage…

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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