FAQ

SpaceX Starship’s Thermal Protection System (TPS) tiles are reusable, hexagonal silica-based heat shields designed to withstand 1,650°C temperatures during re-entry. They are mechanically attached to the stainless-steel hull, primarily on the windward side, and improve upon the Space Shuttle’s fragile tiles for rapid, reliable reuse

All of the tile were recovered from the beaches of the Turks and Caicos? The major of the tiles were recovered from the beach in West Caicos.

All of the tiles currently for sale on this site have been recovered from the SpaceX Flight 7 that lifted off from Orbital Launch Pad A (OLP-A) on January 16, 2025, at 22:37:00UTC (4:37pmCST, local time) at the Starbase launch site in Texas.

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