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

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.
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[eFeXuy]

Starship lands. Does a celebratory flip.

[evanrichards]

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

[TheCarPassionChannel]

"So it actually does the whole belly flop maneuver... albeit a slightly lower altitude" Lollll

[benholroyd]

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]

"we'll talk about that fire later" is the most statement ever

[bigmclargehuge]

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

[desromic]

And the nomination for "the rocket with the best comedic timing" goes to...

[julesdomes]

"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" according to the SpaceX web site 😁

[kylecramer]

Do you want to land or explode?
SN10: Yes.

[thevaf]

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

[AndyMatts]

"SpaceX lead aerospace engineer super-genius, Wile E Coyote, declined to respond to requests for comment."

[eiponix]

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"

[JeffGeerling]

01:05 "Vehicle getting as high as it could at 4:20" 🤔

[jamesgates]

*Starship lands*
Starship: "But wait, there's more"

[methamphetamine]

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

[CapinCooke]

Scott Manley: SpaceX’s best post mortem engineer!

[jackal]

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

[daliborzak]

Engineer: "Would you like it to land safely or explode in spectacular manner to make worldwide headlines?"
Elon Musk: "Yes."

[NorCalHunterGuy]

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

[stevej]

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.