Watch this stunning slow-motion footage of mighty Starship launch

Space X achieved its most successful Starship flight yet on Thursday in a test that launched from its Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas.

Related Thursday’s mission was a far cry from the first two test flights of the 120-meter-tall rocket, both of which ended in explosions just minutes after leaving the launchpad. The third test flight in March made significantly more progress, but this latest mission surpassed even that, achieving most of the objectives set by the SpaceX team.

It said that following separation, the Super Heavy booster “successfully completed its flip maneuver boostback burn to send it towards the splashdown zone, and jettison of the hot-stage adapter.” The Super Heavy booster flight finished with its first-ever landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico 7 minutes and 24 seconds after leaving the launchpad.

Starship then ignited its three center Raptor engines to execute its first flip maneuver and landing burn since the start of the rocket’s suborbital campaign, followed by a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean 1 hour and 6 minutes after departing Starbase.

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