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Orlando, Fla. — SpaceX has finally landed its Starship prototype upright at the company’s facility in southern Texas Wednesday evening.
This was the third high-altitude flight test of the interplanetary spaceship.
At approximately 6:15 p.m. ET, Starship SN10 launched from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas.
The prototype appeared to land safely despite a small fire near the engine.
A livestream from the YouTube channel NASA Spaceflight shows SN10 suddenly explode.
Oof. SN10 has decided to join SN8 and SN9.
— Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) March 3, 2021
Still a great advancement with the landing.
➡️https://t.co/bOsEo1u0u0 pic.twitter.com/RiXV6e3u04
Two previous prototypes have flown and exploded during landing attempts but that doesn’t mean they were failures.
The test flights are steps toward to eventually creating a reusable spaceship capable of moon and Mars missions.
OMG...after a perfect landing & sitting on the pad for a min or so SN10 exploded on the pad. Unexpected at best! #SpaceX #NASA pic.twitter.com/MeJZ3TgjMN
— Greg Scott (@GregScott_photo) March 3, 2021
#SN10 reflew a lot quicker than any of us expected 🤯 that was insane!!!! So.... congrats and also RIP 🤷♂️😂 bye bye SN10, congrats on making history!!!! @spacex @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/FkDTa9ISRi
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) March 3, 2021
SN10: Spoke too soon; SN10 exploded a few moments ago, erupting in a spectacular fireball that destroyed the vehicle; no obvious cause; will await an update from Elon Musk/SpaceX
— William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) March 3, 2021
Starship SN10 launched *and* stuck the landing today! Even if it fell over shortly afterward, a huge milestone has been reached. /thread @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/c6LwX8TrzK
— Jack Beyer (@thejackbeyer) March 3, 2021
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