Here’s what the astronauts stranded on the ISS are eating each day — as health concerns mount The Starship section of the rocket, meanwhile, performed a daytime landing in the Indian Ocean — with the company aiming for a more controlled vertical landing as opposed to the traditional belly flop to fully test the spacecraft’s systems. Despite failing to attempt another catch, the company did fulfill one of Musk’s main goals for the mission, having its Raptor engines reignite while in space — a first for SpaceX. Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, saving SpaceX significantly on cost and resources, which would aid the company in reaching its ultimate goal of pioneering travel to the Moon and Mars. President-elect Donald Trump, along with hundreds of others, joined Elon Musk at SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, to watch Starship’s sixth test flight. AP SpaceX has had five previous Starship test flights, starting in April 2023, with each test steadily resulting in progress. During the first two attempts, in April and November of last year, engine failures derailed the mission before the craft got off the launchpad. This March, the Starship was successfully launched, but the Falcon Super Heavy booster was destroyed about 1,500 feet above the ocean and did not return to Earth as planned. The Starship is believed to have disintegrated before its planned splashdown.