SpaceX Starship Crewed Mission to Mars: Animation FriendsofNASA.org | Landing on Mars: "Starship will enter Mars’ atmosphere at 7.5 kilometers per second and decelerate aerodynamically. The vehicle’s heat shield is designed to withstand multiple entries, but given that the vehicle is coming into Mars' atmosphere so hot, we still expect to see some ablation of the heat shield (similar to wear and tear on a brake pad)." "Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation St