Leading the returning crew was NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli, a former Marine helicopter pilot, accompanied by Denmark's Andreas Mogensen, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa, and Russia's Konstantin Borisov
SpaceX
Elon Musk has identified a successor to the board so that the person can run the company in "a worst case scenario"
It was SpaceX's 30th orbital mission of 2023 already.
Starship is the tallest, most powerful rocket ever built, capable of generating about 17 million pounds of thrust upon liftoff
It’s the culmination of years of regulatory work and technological tests for SpaceX and the largest and most powerful rocket ever built
The Astrolab FLEX can transport cargo, equipment and people
China is second
A Ukrainian official said companies had to choose which "side" they were on
"Last 3 months were extremely tough as had to save Twitter from bankruptcy while fulfilling essential Tesla & SpaceX duties. Wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone"
It will mark the first orbital flight test of SpaceX’s Mars-bound rocket, lifting off from the firm’s Starbase facility in Texas