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SpaceX tested another Starship prototype, SN10, to an altitude of 10 km in order to practice its daring belly flop to tail down landing maneuver. This time the flip was successful utilizing 3 raptor engines, then shutting two down for the final landing exactly as planned. Unfortunately 3 of the 6 landing legs didn’t successfully deployed (as you can see in our footage), alongside a fairly high landing velocity, resulting in an explosion 8 minutes after touching down. In partnership with Cosmic Perspective and Check out Cosmic Perspective’s incredible mini film from SN10 too! - We’ll be talking more about why they’re doing the belly flop maneuver in an upcoming video. For information on licensing portions of this video, please contact - Timestamps: 00:00 - Realtime Recut with Sync’d Audio 00:15 - Lift Off 02:25 - Engine Shut Down 1 03:25 - Engine Shut Down 2 04:30 - Belly Flop 06:12 - Re-light / Flip 06:30 -
