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Space X towed to Christmas Island
After approximately 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island, being towed by the ' Normand Ranger', on Aug 18. A team of SpaceX engineers was on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase. Reports with photos and video: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2089685256085344560 https://www.golem.de/news/spacex-intaktes-starship-wird-nach-24-tagen-auf-dem-meer-geborgen-2608-212077.html
Offshore ship towing Starship rocket back to shore
On Aug 3, 2026, the 'Normand Ranger' seemed to be towing the 170-foot-long Starship rocket Ship 40 along with the 'Skimmer Tide' (IMO: 9609988) in the Indian Ocean, after the company’s latest test flight, trying to haul the rocket back to shore. On July 24 SpaceX’s 13th fully integrated test flight commenced. SpaceX has been hashing out how to return the upper spacecraft to a controlled landing after flight — a feat that is crucial to the company’s plans to eventually recover and rapidly reuse the vehicles, which could drastically drive down launch costs. During the July test flight, the vehicle showed marked improvement over its predecessors by retaining the function of all six of its engines, maintaining control throughout the violent process of reentering Earth’s atmosphere, and making its softest splashdown yet at its target landing site in the ocean. The landing was so gentle that Ship 40 appeared to have remained airtight and floated in the ocean rather than sinking to the bottom as prior prototypes have. A SpaceX recovery ship, the 'Go Australis', initially stayed near the vehicle. On July 28, SpaceX confirmed that the company would recover the vehicle. The 'Normand Ranger' and 'Skimmer Tide' joined that effort and moving at about one knot and broadcasting that they had restricted maneuverability on Aug 3. The 'Go Australis' separated from the ships and was on its way back to Australia. Report with photos: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/science/spacex-starship-indian-ocean-recovery-satellite-images
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On Nov 25, 2010, at 1.30 p.m. a fire broke out in the engine room of the "Normand Ranger" in the Byfjorden between Skolten Hegre and Neset. The local fire entstrengthened by the fire rescue Sandviken rushed to the scene, but the fire had already been contained by the crew. Isolation material had been ablaze. The ship berthed in Bergen, and the fire rescue controlled the engine room with a thermal imagination camera for remaining hot spots.
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