SpaceX's Starship SN10 Explodes After Landing at Texas Launch Site

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s newest and biggest rocket pulled off its first successful landing, then exploded a brief time later and was engulfed by fire.

The Starship SN-10 prototype lifted off from SpaceX’s seaside launch pad at about 5:15 p.m. in Boca Chica, Texas, on Wednesday, based on a live video stream on SpaceX’s website. The rocket then flew to an altitude of about 10 kilometers (around 6 miles) before turning its engines back on and settling on the landing pad with a slight lean.

Shortly after that, the rocket was lifted into the air by an explosion and consumed by flames, possibly after a fire ignited fuel. Until that point, the rocket appeared to achieve a key milestone with its first stable landing in three attempts. After its ascent, Starship shut off its three Raptor engines and performed a controlled “belly flop” descent, then reignited its engines to make a vertical landing.

Despite the mishap, the test is likely to signal progress for the massive vehicle. An earlier Starship rocket slammed to the ground on the program’s first high-altitude flight Dec. 9, igniting a fireball, followed by a similar outcome with a second prototype last month. No one was hurt in the mishaps, and there were no reports of injuries from the fire after the latest flight, which was the third high-altitude test.

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Scientists discovered that the SpaceX craft was over loaded with Dogecoin.

workwithearl
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It didn't explode, it was just a rapid unscheduled dissassembly

DayLateGamerWill
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They stuck the landing. Very impressed. More like amazed.

BeltFedOne
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Original video said they landed the rocket successfully after the third try.

eudofia
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Not a big confidence builder.
But better now than later.
Be interested in what failed.

bcallahan
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Who is still wanting to become an astronaut? I don't!

ccl
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Well at least it made it back safe.👀🌅🔥💨

Cardeamuzic
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Why are will still using Fisherprice cameras, from the 60s?

YenchantressisaStarr
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Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what happened. Oh wait... yes it does.

royhoequist
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That rocket shouldn't have had eggs and beans for breakfast

jclocks
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Quite amazing what their doing. Lot of it seems new and different.

anthonyarmstrong
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NASA is shaking their heads right about now.

samuelortiz
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Maybe you want to come out of the free fall sooner ? I mean I don't think i would want to wait till the last minute before starting the engines (Just showing off ?) you might add chutes

YTGetReal
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It was a self destruct test. All Starships have that feature

michaelwilliams
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What was Kieran Culkin's reaction?

filterfivepro
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Tweaking things before heading to Mars

donaldfisher
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Doesn't Texas have a power gird crisis right now?

iamaloafofbread
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I just saved a bunch of money by switching to Geico.

varel
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Now you know what the ❌ stands for 🚀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

YTGetReal
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So I take it there was no one on that aircraft

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