Starship | SN15 | Flight Test Recap

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Published 2021-05-13

On Wednesday, May 5, Starship serial number 15 (SN15) successfully completed SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from Starbase in Texas. SN15 ascended, transitioned propellant, and reoriented itself for reentry and a controlled aerodynamic descent. The Raptor engines reignited to perform the landing flip maneuver before touching down for a nominal landing on the pad.

These Starship test flights improve our understanding and development of a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo on long-duration interplanetary flights, help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond.

All Comments (21)

@TechWithBrett 2 years ago

This video makes me realize we are living in the future more than anything I have ever seen.
@thejesuschrist 2 years ago

This made me cry science tears
@CeapaCoolOfficial 2 years ago

Lmao they really did a bottle flip
@aspireflight3288 2 years ago

Im not crying, it's just rapid unscheduled eye lubrication.
@MissChanandlerBong1 2 years ago

This is the kind of thing people envisioned in movies back in the 50's and 60's. And now here it is for real. Pretty cool.
@DavidNagy03ER 2 years ago

This is insane I can’t believe we get to see this in our life times
@copse04 2 years ago

Guys I've got a problem, I can't stop watching this!
@Michael_Scott_Howard 2 years ago

I was 6 in July 1969... I have been waiting a long time... thank you SpaceX... for following your dreams...
@Abhishek-ip7zb 2 years ago

That landing scene looks like an epic high budget sci-fi movie
@richardson6501 2 years ago

This is just the beginning of the new era of space exploration, and I hope to live enough to see it evolve
@SparshVarshney 2 years ago

00:37 - Imagine seeing this part with the title "Aliens landing on earth" and we would have said their tech is dope.
@Spacewalker1870 8 months ago

rip starship sn 15 (got scrapped) gone but never forgotten
@Codyumm 2 years ago

The landing gear deployment looked sweet on this one too, Can't wait to see more smooth landings! To the moooon!
@spaceXcentric 2 years ago

SN15, a true CloudLicker.
@mlzs_ 9 months ago

We will never forget you😔
@PeterC-fy1ys 9 months ago

really wanted this to end up in a museum...oh well. at least we have this awesome footage
@TheOllieJolly 2 years ago

I don't think any of us are capable of understanding how significant this is... simply amazing. Well done to every single person at SpaceX.
@mindyklassime220 2 years ago

Starship re-emerging from the cloud layer with two raptors firing will never fail to be an amazing sight to see.
@GumballAstronaut7206 9 months ago

RIP SN-15 💔
@rizkyfajarfarhansyah3847 2 years ago

in 100 years or so,This will be a memory as Human early attempts to mars.