Starship's 13th flight test targets a Thursday liftoff, a crewed Soyuz heads for the International Space Station, and Skyroot Aerospace attempts India's first private orbital launch.

A detailed independent study found that SpaceX's Starship is every bit as revolutionary as expected, while revealing both its impressive capabilities and its biggest remaining hurdles. It also introduces an ambitious European rocket concept that could offer a very different route to affordable super heavy launches.