SpaceX has moved its Super Heavy booster to the launch pad ahead of Starship Flight 15, setting up an attempt at the first double landing of the ship and the booster in a single flight. The test, which the company's reusable launch system has been working toward, would mark a significant step in the program's push to recover both stages intact.
Starship and Super Heavy together make up SpaceX's fully reusable launch system. The booster carries the ship on the initial climb, then returns to land, while the ship continues on its own flight path. Landing both halves of the system on the same mission would demonstrate that each can be recovered and prepared for reuse, a central goal for a vehicle designed to cut the cost of reaching orbit and beyond.
The movement of the booster to the pad marks one of the final preparations before launch. Details of the flight's timing and outcome were not yet available when the coverage was posted, so the result of the double landing attempt remains to be seen.
The live-updates page was published on November 10, 2026, and is written by Tariq Malik, Editor-in-Chief at Space.com, the New York City-based space news outlet. Malik has covered spaceflight for Space.com since 2001, and the page is following the flight as preparations continue.