SpaceX's Starship SN10 Successfully Lands After Amazing Flight. Dismantles Itself Spectacularly.

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Published 2021-03-04

SpaceX finally proved that Starship's signature freefall and landing maneuver can work as claimed using their full scale SN10 prototype vehicle. The flight replicated the previous attempts by SN8 and SN9 right up to the actual landing where almost everything appeared to go as planned.
I say almost because the vehicle may have touched down a little harder than intended and landing legs failed to deploy. The vehicle eventually exploded on the pad as the propellent tanks ruptured.

Because the SpaceX feed ended we don't have any official footage of the Rapid Unscheduled Second Flight so I'm grateful for the independent videographers who were on the scene to record, and in some cases react to the surprise post credits scene.
Everyday Astronaut
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NASA Spaceflight
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All Comments (21)

@eFeXuy 3 years ago

Starship lands. Does a celebratory flip.
@evanrichards3264 3 years ago

The first starship to fly 3 times in 15 minutes. 10km, 1m, 50m.
@TheCarPassionChannel 3 years ago

"So it actually does the whole belly flop maneuver... albeit a slightly lower altitude" Lollll
@benholroyd5221 3 years ago

8:59 I like the head line at the bottom. "Starship SN10 landed on the landing zone; then burned off the excess propellant in a rapid fashion." Rapid fashion indeed.
@TimPeterson 3 years ago

"we'll talk about that fire later" is the most day-after-spacex-blows-something-up statement ever
@kylecramer8489 3 years ago

Do you want to land or explode? SN10: Yes.
@desromic 3 years ago

And the nomination for "the rocket with the best comedic timing" goes to...
@julesdomes6064 3 years ago

"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" according to the SpaceX web site 😁
@bigmclargehuge1170 3 years ago

"It does the belly flop maneuver, just at a lower altitude" See, they pulled it off twice in one day! Genius!
@jamesgates1074 3 years ago

Starship lands Starship: "But wait, there's more"
@AndyMatts44 3 years ago

"SpaceX lead aerospace engineer super-genius, Wile E Coyote, declined to respond to requests for comment."
@eiponix 3 years ago

The little harder than intended is now explained, by Musk: "Thrust was low despite being commanded high for reasons unknown at present, hence hard touchdown. We’ve never seen this before"
@thevaf2825 3 years ago

Love the caption in NASA NASASpaceFlight stream: "Starship SN10 landed on the landing zone; then burned off the excess propellant in a rapid fashion" XD
@jackal111 3 years ago

Once again, I looked forward to Scott's analysis of the flight/RUD almost as much as the flight itself!
@CapinCooke 3 years ago

Scott Manley: SpaceX’s best post mortem engineer!
@methamphetamine97 3 years ago

Elon - "I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact" SpaceX Engineer - so here's the plan...
@JeffGeerling 3 years ago

01:05 "Vehicle getting as high as it could at 4:20" 🤔
@netopir3804 3 years ago

I always wait for Scott Manley’s analyses, and he never disappoints me.
@stevej71393 3 years ago

When we were in S. Padre Island, we all agreed that while we wanted to see a successful landing, an explosion would be a lot more entertaining. I'm glad SpaceX was able to provide both.
@NorCalHunterGuy916 3 years ago

"Flip and burn" .... man let me tell you, hearing that in reference to a real spacecraft is so freakin awesome.