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Starship's Tenth Flight Test

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364 points metalman | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 23:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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haberman ◴[27 Aug 25 00:37 UTC] No.45034080[source]▶
Landed on target in the Indian Ocean! Engines relit successfully and it touched down vertically (and then promptly exploded, which I guess was the plan :)
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niteshpant ◴[27 Aug 25 00:38 UTC] No.45034085[source]▶
I thought it exploded after it landed?
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1. nsxwolf ◴[27 Aug 25 00:38 UTC] No.45034093[source]▶
That was expected. It’s not meant to land on water.
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2. gibolt ◴[27 Aug 25 01:45 UTC] No.45034543[source]▶
It is, for the purpose of this test. Don't want it coming back down on land somewhere unexpected :)