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May 5, 2021 11:11 pm GMT

Watch SpaceX's Starship SN15 land and not blow up

Watch SpaceX's Starship SN15 land and not blow up

Fifteenth time's the charm, it would seem. 

Late Wednesday afternoon SpaceX's Starship SN15 successfully completed its high-altitude flight test, and, crucially, landed afterward in one piece in Boca Chica, Texas. 

Live feed of Starship SN15 flight test → https://t.co/Hs5C53qBxb https://t.co/chZjdVAute

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 5, 2021

"Starship landing nominal!" exclaimed SpaceX founder Elon Musk. 

Starship landing nominal!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2021

Wednesday's test stands in stark contrast to the fate of earlier Starship prototypes, many of which ran into various forms of trouble. Prototypes SN8 and SN9, for example, had the tiny problem of explodingSo did SN10. Read more...

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