{"id":23767,"date":"2026-09-24T20:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/?p=23767"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:07:40","slug":"starship-is-about-to-return-to-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/24\/starship-is-about-to-return-to-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Starship Is About to Return to the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX is preparing to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/vehicles\/starship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Starship<\/a> into the sky \u2014 and, for a few minutes, toward the edge of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">The Independent has published a guide to <strong>Starship Flight 14<\/strong>, covering when the next launch is expected and how to watch the mission live. (<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQBfst9JhSyOElnlXVYezPA\">Apple News<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1181-1-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1181-1-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1181-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1181-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1181-1.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">For anyone fascinated by rockets, deep space and the beautiful absurdity of building machines powerful enough to escape Earth, Starship remains one of the most spectacular projects in modern technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle is enormous, experimental and still evolving with every flight. Each launch is another step in SpaceX\u2019s attempt to create a fully reusable spacecraft capable of carrying people and cargo beyond Earth \u2014 potentially to the Moon, Mars and destinations even farther away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s something wonderfully old-fashioned about watching a launch unfold in <strong><em>real time<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">No polished keynote. No carefully edited product video. Just a towering spacecraft, a countdown and the possibility of seeing history \u2014 or a spectacular lesson in orbital mechanics \u2014 happen before your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">For a few moments, the launchpad becomes a gateway to the cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Flight 14 is next.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p5 wp-block-paragraph\">And naturally, I\u2019ll be watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is preparing to send Starship into the sky \u2014 and, for a few minutes, toward the edge of space. The Independent has published a guide to Starship Flight 14, covering when the next launch is expected and how to watch the mission live. (Apple News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,3558],"tags":[3820,3825,3554,3821,1040,3819,3818,3826,3824,1351,3822,3823,3514],"class_list":["post-23767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-future","tag-cosmos","tag-deep-space","tag-elon-musk","tag-flight-14","tag-launch","tag-livestream","tag-mega-rocket","tag-orbital-mechanics","tag-rockets","tag-space","tag-spacex","tag-starship","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23767"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23771,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23767\/revisions\/23771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}