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BREAKING: test flight attempting historic re-entry. Watch live now:

youtube.com/watch?v=lFkqZF-Ss7

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is losing a flap on re-entry, as seen in the live feed, but it's below 50 km and still flying. Incredible live video.

youtube.com/watch?v=lFkqZF-Ss7

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is still flying, changing its orientation for a soft landing attempt at sea. Under 12 km.

youtube.com/watch?v=lFkqZF-Ss7

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Holy frak! Even with a half-gone flap, Starship successfully achieved a soft landing in the ocean. History, boys and girls!

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Here's a still frame of Starship's flap on fire and disintegrating on entry. Neverthless, Starship persisted and managed a soft landing in the Indian Ocean.

The second frame shows the SpaceX commentators celebrating, in typical SpaceX twisted humor fashion.

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The report on this morning's test launch and landing.

cnn.com/2024/06/06/science/spa

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For those who missed it, here's the complete video of today's launch and landing, posted on my YouTube channel (since Elon restricts live video now to Zombie Twitter).

youtube.com/watch?v=B0QhQovVEP

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