Starship | SN15 | Flight Test Recap

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.

[richardson]

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

[X-Gen-]

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.

[boostav]

Guys I've got a problem, I can't stop watching this!

[TechWithBrett]

This video makes me realize we are living in the future more than anything I have ever seen.

[DavidNagyER]

This is insane I can’t believe we get to see this in our life times

[Codyumm]

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

[Michael_Scott_Howard]

I was 6 in July 1969... I have been waiting a long time... thank you SpaceX... for following your dreams...

[mindyklassime]

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

[falsemollusc]

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.

[CiprianBindiu]

I'm so grateful we can all watch these tests live, even if a lot of us don't live in the US. Thank you, SpaceX for sharing every crazy test you do! It's super fun! ❤

[Abhishek-ipzb]

That landing scene looks like an epic high budget sci-fi movie

[cassieg]

That rotation at the end does not look real, I'll never get sick of seeing that. Absolutely amazing.

[aspireflight]

Im not crying, it's just rapid unscheduled eye lubrication.

[lucash]

These tests are truly history in the making. Kids on Mars will be taught about this someday.

[Jonathan-xyzj]

This video is so special because it describes the future in just a few seconds

[dreamscape]

I was born too late for Apollo, but just in time for SpaceX and hopefuly Mars missions. Good luck.

[SparshVarshney]

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

[PaleoGeek]

This might just be some of the most incredible 65 seconds of footage ever produced. It's so unreal. If THIS doesn't prove that we're living in the future, I don't know what will.

[OrionAerospace]

The trailing edge flap camera is never going to get old. Never.

[abcdefg]

This inspires me, a 16-year-old to become an aerospace engineer. Thank you, SpaceX! I wish to ride that some day in the future. I'm going to be 45 in the year 2050.