In Full: SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully returns to Earth for first time

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched Starship, its superheavy rocket that the billionaire believes can carry mankind to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Starship’s previous three test flights ended with a fiery explosion for the 400ft tall launcher, but each made incremental progress and gathered fresh data.
The mission had been expected to blast off from Starbase in Texas at 7am local time - or 1pm UK time - however a last minute delay has pushed the timetable back by 50 minutes. Lift off is now expected at 7.50am US central time.
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[@JONCHAIDEZ]

I'm a driller. I was doing some offshore drilling off the coast of Long Beach and one day this thing came in on a huge barge with tug boats pushing it into the Navy section of the port. The thing had to have been like 200 to 300 feet tall. The captain of the ship made us all stop work as this thing drove by us just a few hundred yards away from us. For safety reasons... Me and my ship mates just stood there in AWE. No F$%&@&#$ way it's that big some of them said. We all pulled out our phones and took video. This inspiring moment made us all realize that we are definitely going to Mars. We drove passed Navy Destroyers every day for months that weren't even close to impressive as that thing was. Seeing this thing in person changed us all. No Cap!

[@shanemartin8904]

thanks for that

[@JustinMiales]

Am I losing my mind what date was this supposed to been happening? This is the first time I've heard of this event.

[@JONCHAIDEZ]

@@JustinMiales It wasn't the BFR booster it was the falcon 9. Last year around November.

[@JONCHAIDEZ]

@@JustinMiales kzbin.infoSIKtoaeG0YQ?si=Mn-7JqIqh48zWoq-

[@khaledadams4329]

Damaged but still-actuating flap is my hero.

[@sessionQ]

it melted and broke in half, was literally hanging on by a thread

[@LifeEssentialsVideos]

@@sessionQ Ah, It's just a flap wound.

[@alternateye2711]

Yea the thing is the Toyota Tacoma of rockets, economic, mass produced and reliable

[@seanholm8957]

@@sessionQ yea and it was still mostly functioning despite the damage. Most space news shows spacecraft being crippled by the smallest issues but starship was able to survive in spite of its shortcomings, regardless of if it was superior engineering or dumb luck.

[@richardsteffel6286]

18:50 ​@@seanholm8957

[@Despicable_G]

2000 years from now they’re gonna be pulling ancient starships out of the ocean just like we do old galleons

[@kooltek5001]

Those are only for few years may be a year or so, hereafter the booster and ship will be caught by mechazilla arms. So only two or three star ships will be pulled back from the ocean

[@radioflyer985]

Nah! China is already pulling them out of the ocean... lol

[@sum5687]

​@@radioflyer985😂😂😂 to copy 😂😂😂

[@atlesifeyst2185]

@@sum5687 and then accidentally drop on their own people 😂😂😂

[@S.Sheezy]

For those who are not educated on this comment thread, the meaning of a "test flight" is not to go from point A to point B, it is to show the possibility of navigation to Mars and back. They are testing launch and re-entry. Compare this with the Boeing Starliner!

[@ThmsDouglas]

Exactly! And when do any of the other "Gov. controlled companies" ever let us watch everything pass or fail like SpaceX does NOT ONE!

[@gregft1979]

Credibility destroyed by condescency

[@Leeroy67.]

what about the footage

[@pixelboy7654]

How about comparing it to Saturn V that already did it

[@JustinMiales]

My glasses are so thick when I look up I see Captain Picard waving

[@joesmoe71]

Elon should have named it The Black Night instead of Starship, because it was like every time a piece came off it was like it said "HA! A mere scratch!"

[@deleriumslayer4931]

Imagine dozens of lines of starships , 24/7 launching / receiving to mars.

[@DayZLikeABush]

What a sight to see it will definitely be! The next step for human kind

[@RelentlessDevelopment]

check out star citizen

[@williamfischerstrom2214]

Well the transfer window between mars and earth only align once every 2 years, so more like a thousand parked in orbit activating at the same time. Even cooler in my opinion.

[@benjistonehenji9202]

as long as stupidity doesnt continue to destroy the world i may actually get a chance to see a glimpse of the "future" we've all dreamed and fantasized about before i die.

[@pixel690]

your telling me the title isnt trying to say it failed?! this is a miracle

[@1milliondogs]

If it had failed it would be called "Elon Musk's" rocket. Because it succeeded, it's called "Space X"

[@Dave33x]

Stainless steel 🤣

[@jdb79jdb79]

It did return to *Earth* it did not land on the *ground* . Not the way they intended anyway 🤣

[@pixel690]

@@jdb79jdb79 it literally landed almost exactly how they wanted, minus the flap on the ship so it was a bit off target but it still landed, neither the booster or ship was meant to land on ground

[@seanholm8957]

@@jdb79jdb79 it was not intended to come down over land, it actually was only 6km off from its pre planned landing point in the ocean

[@RamSF24]

The emotions from the team and crowd made this so intense and such a better experience

[@vlaaady]

Musk told them No reentry nobody goes home,

[@jdl1276]

SO FUNNY HOW THE WATER HAD CURVATURE WHEN THE BOOSTER WAS LANDING...HA 39:56

[@joythought]

Nice share, Telegraph. Congrats SpaceX. Incredible progress and commitment.

[@TheSimCaptain]

For all those nerds (like me) out there, the starship began falling completely vertically at 18 Km altitude. It descended one Km in 4 seconds which is 900 Km an hour. At that time the speed on the display was 899 Km an hour, so all of its speed was vertical.

[@blackterminal]

The way it screams its defiance to gravity as it launches its bulk is blood curdling. Amazing.

[@binxbolling]

Curdling*

[@Dave-ks9fi]

Love the camera angles capturing the true size of that thing. It's a flying building

[@ThmsDouglas]

Exactly! When I first saw a person next to it it blew my mind and thought, no way! no damn way! LOL.

[@corinkirkland]

40:27 The orbs doing a fly over

[@HeirWolfenstein]

Flat earthers are in panic mode now.

[@HkkGjig]

Nah, it changes POV so the flat earthers will think that they do it on purpose to hide something. Let them cry, nobody cares for them anyway.

[@samking4179]

they will just say it's a movie and it didn't really happen.

[@steventrostle1825]

😆😆😆😆😆😛😛😛😛😛😖😖😖😖

[@Nikhillbt]

Haa

[@MichalNowierski]

there are no arguments for flat earthens, so they are fine. If they exists, because I sometimes dont believe in their existence, I only hear about them but never met one in reality

[@PunkN_JTM]

The smartest minds didnt even put escape pods on the space station....

[@byg2na249]

The craft that were used to bring the astronauts up are used as emergency evacuation vehicles or “escape pods” in a stationwide emergency

[@PunkN_JTM]

@@byg2na249 that is not even logical..and it isnt an emergency escape vehicle. Do not defend them... And dont be dumb . The stuck astronauts could have been avoided .. itz like that homie..

[@trustenbaker8766]

Hey I noticed at like 33:21 all the engines are lit save one. So...I don't know anything about this stuff, so how many of those engines could go out and it still complete the lift?

[@robertsummers753]

I JUST GOT TO WATCH THIS..................CONGRATS SPACE X & ELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timothyhackett7372]

when the rockets fire, the sound artificing sounds like Kerble space program

[@bandilebandzour4344]

Good camera angles on that spaceship and rocket

[@GalacticStudios69]

Saw this thing all the way in indiana!! Left some sick scars in the clouds and skies!!

[@steventrostle1825]

Space X WINS AGAIN--KEEP IT UP!! Makes me Proud to be an American.

[@SteenLarsen]

Amazing flight! Seeing a live video feed during re-entry was a first and unbelievable!

[@THATBOINEON]

42:30 did anyone else see something fly off, probably not big deal but still intriguing

[@rudy031]

All the remains of the old satellites. There are supposedly about 25,000 pieces of debris around The Earth.

[@RippanCSGO]

its just ice "falling off" as the RCS fires

[@alexvorm5861]

"Did the primary buffer panel just fall of my gorram ship for no apparent reason?"

[@Kdog312]

How about at 38:53 on the right side

[@dallasallen2486]

Thats alot of very smart people in one room.

[@60misty]

congratulations space x team

[@philipschneider6396]

The ship got to over 26,000KMH into outer space then had to plunge back into the earth's atmosphere coming to an eventual dead /wet stop here on the earth ocean surface. The physics of travel by rocket ship into space and back still need more answers before we can call it space "travel".

[@pauljefferies9087]

The flap stayed on! Very very impressive!

[@Deltakitty32780]

Remember, stick to the script😂 continue reading your Teleprompter😅.

[@guillermoreynajr379]

So nobody is going to mention the object at 38:55? Somebody please expand what that is...

[@kerbal8216]

That was the jettisoned hotstage ring

[@DataBaseComparison]

Always love it when humans engineer the impossible and focus on building and innovating stuff that takes us closer to saving the human race in case of an extinction level event instead of fighting useless wars.

[@shanemartin8904]

1;14;20 Amazing footage taken of the space ship entering earths atmosphere on its belly The drone is obviously. a few miles behind it. and totally caught everything on film

[@RRC6490]

Such a great choice of music. It’s what plays during auto-docking in Elite: Dangerous

[@profiskipinternational4402]

wowh ... that was a "firework" of its best. Unbelievable if not seen. Who invented the camera and signal transmission technology must be a genius. How is that possible to be functional under such brutal conditions. Holy moly ... what an emotional roller coster. Congrats to the whole team, all who have been involved make this possible.

[@andymorden9433]

the cameras are standard. what makes the difference is the starlink dishes attached to the ship.

[@MintStiles]

Historical milestones happening in front of our eyes.

[@jackobrien4638]

music from Space Odyssey was a nice touch! that movie inspired a lot of ppl

[@businessmonez7230]

Gradual descent, just like an airplane

[@David-gr8rh]

One thing I'd like to see, is KZbin stopping adverts on videos of humanitarian skills like Space X launches and Landings. The effort required, the people involved something that shows what we can do as a spacious I don't believe needs to be interrupted

[@noetic8354]

awesome good job SpaceX, but lets all just ignore all them flying objects going in and out of earth... and no im not talking about the tumbling ice ... 41:10 through 44:50

[@felipepovala]

I imagine everythig will fall back to earth and burn on reentry, since starship wasn't actually in orbit. But yeah that is a problem, just not yet.

[@johnnestor8332]

thanks for the time stamps, very cool indeed. I hope I'm alive long enough to see contact.

[@drawheatakacops]

@@johnnestor8332 Top guns they are real top guns NASA friends.

[@Kdog312]

What about at 38:53 on the right side

[@jayc2469]

I wonder why Aerogel isn't used in Starships Lower Heat Protection?! Ceramic is great but Rather Heavyy

[@admojoremdeigloriam]

Why does the launch go against the rotation of Earth?

[@Finklutz29]

simply said: it doesn't

[@JuanRodriguez-xy9il]

Because if we go with the rotation of the earth, we would end up in space and never come back!!

[@gtgodbear6320]

Because it would take way more energy to go the other way just to get thrown off into space in the end.

[@filomenotacan5709]

Congratulations, SpaceX

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

Everytime I see the process of SpaceX I am in awe and am filled with so much respect toward each and everyone who dared to dream. But I must admit, having followed spaceX or Mr. Musk's startup in 2012, I am beginning to wonder if NASA really did achieve what they say they did in the 60's and 70's. 12 years and thousands of dedicated people and the best engineers from around the world and SpaceX has "only" just succeeded in launching its first starship? I do understand that the starships are much bigger and the efforts put into reusing the starships by automated return and landing plus catching arms, but we still see the starship absolutely dissolving entering our atmosphere, can anyone explain this to me?

[@IDenyYourRealityAndCreateMyOwn]

1:22:42 I was wondering why the altitude decreases so slowly even though the speed is 25000 km/h, which is about 7 kilometers per second? Is the descent angle so shallow?

[@MadPoliticalPrisoner]

Wish the date of mission could be included on info.

[@damilareowosangba7864]

The date of the video update is exactly when it happened. 3 months ago

[@halopcdraco]

Two lights appear at 35:54 UFO checking out the space ship?

[@BiGGBLUNT1]

What is that @38:54?????

[@karlfleming7182]

space junk my dude

[@cooncheez5547]

ALIENS!😱👽

[@ThmsDouglas]

@@karlfleming7182 That's the new name given to aliens "space junk".

[@kiwakatoraco8533]

It’s the hot stage ring that was jettisoned

[@nathanmccarty9811]

Someone should tell them it's altitude, not attitude.

[@Istiqamahinsights]

38:54 what is that thing in space?

[@Jim-i2y]

The first stage.

[@etiquettefiend]

Flat-earthers triggered

[@PashaDefragzor]

Yes, but the Moon and Mars have different gravity

[@SukryRonde]

Congratulations

[@buckjones9860]

38:54 what's that, the aliens..in the front row seat?

[@xrpbodyguard]

Finally someone else saw that

[@blancareynoso409]

Extreme temperature on return to earth day, be careful! Physical friction friction + speed detachment of the taylesmosaic.

[@andreypopov6958]

We are waiting for the next tests )

[@Spiritt_Daphiti]

By testing and blowing it , again and again SpaceX going right way !!!! People must understand that no testing and failing happen , it is a the way to test and learn and in the end .....win !!! The best spending of peoples money and time . Great launch and view , thanks .

[@toolman6872]

Elon for Mars president

[@DeivydasZeimys]

Ou, is it because its not actually going right up, but kind of horizontally

[@charleslaine]

They need to play the old MTV theme song when the ship begins liftoff.

[@cablebrain9691]

The video of lift-off and landing was terribly documented.

[@sardarjamal]

32:23 Goosebumps

[@ricchamen6304]

What a moment when the booster does it’s final landing burn 🔥 to strike the water;&Then to just fall over.

[@CookiesClassroom]

Flew a ship to space but botched the marshmallow burn 🤣

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

Flat earthers will not believe it

[@vlaaady]

First they need to find the water on Mars, then do a splash landing. Just two more steps!

[@twveach]

8:20 how many times can he say “prop”

[@allen2879]

Everyone is actually cheering though one of the engines is dead? Crazy how humans exceptions have decreased to such a low threshold.

[@stenergut9661]

except we never got to see anything, because the camera got rekt when parts of the ship broke off. yeah, i am not getting on tthat thing.

[@moogasialoi8251]

China: Time to copy this

[@Damian-ln3it]

15:16 What’s that flying in the atmosphere?

[@pixel690]

starship flight 3

[@BobaPhettamine]

its just material burning up happens on every re-entry

[@gregorywilson7074]

Failure is not an option. It's not even acknowledged.

[@twveach]

No one gonna mention the world’s largest fog machine on the ground???

[@ThmsDouglas]

It was just SpaceX venting what was left of the juice in the fog machines after the pre launch rave nothing to see here.

[@ApproachingDawnAD]

Why is there no controlled burn to help with the Atmosphere re-entry.

[@TravisChalmers]

I think because they want to do a friction-based entry into the Martian atmosphere.

[@MrNightStand]

The purpose is to slow using drag and the atmosphere to conserve fuel.

[@kcm624]

1:28:20 this is like from Interstellar

[@Wanttono]

no starship splashdown?

[@miguellopez3392]

it splashed down at the near the end of the stream.

[@nmarks]

Lord of the Flies rewritten about a colony on Mars. That would be interesting.

[@ChrisJeanninOfficial]

1:39:20 A look at Elon and his son celebrating the success

[@vinmangob8555]

NASA used to have funding for this, doing this private will take forever. It takes a 800 billion a year buget for space. IF NASA had the coin the military had in the U.S there would be big space stations and about 50 shuttles .

[@charleslaine]

What is that squealing sound at T minus :0:05? Go to 32:22 to hear this.

[@JustinMiales]

So a picture just sitting there, hook to one of those things that turn Christmas ornaments.

[@BrandonKing-mu6vp]

what is that at 38:52...?? satellite or UFO?!

[@ye-cj3on]

Just ice falling off

[@kiwakatoraco8533]

It’s the hot stage ring jettisoned earlier in the feed

[@TheAndrew3777]

Super super super Space X & NASA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Jim-i2y]

Looks good for the environment even before launch.

[@JustinMiales]

How come they're not Landing it on land ?

[@Cotton11]

Amazing ! 👏👏👏Congrats, SpaceX ! ❤❤❤

[@tiagodeleuterio4770]

Incrível 🪀🌫🩹

[@samscott54]

The over -laughing ruined it for me. It was almost like someone told them to laugh hard when something is going poorly.

[@markcresswll76]

What an amazing thing to watch and witness. What a brilliant team space x are. Your writing history hear guys, keep up the brilliant work 👌

[@aluminiumsloep]

The commentary......why can't i shut it/him off?

[@jean-francoisdube5958]

please stop talking over radio god damn

[@KaptainKabui]

this gave me goosebumps

[@nickbowes2627]

Really.................

[@lazarus8011]

Can somebody tell me why one of the boosters were not active during the flight

[@MrNightStand]

There's less fuel on board so they don't need all the engines on. Falcon heavy did the same

[@onefreeway75]

Either what nightstand said or faulty engine

[@MrNightStand]

​@@onefreeway75probably this too. First test flight had 5 blow up

[@grego10r]

38:54 ufo lol

[@redpillmilitia2411]

How isn't the camera burning up on re entry?? And how come on any space station videos or space x. U never see satellites or is just an altitude thing and regardless of how many satellites nobody can try to understand how big space is

[@xelvis7002]

space very big, sattelite small

[@KevinClayton-c6e]

The future is here ppl, bit past 2001 but finally, space is our future

[@JustinMiales]

Tell Elon we have to talk.

[@charleslaine]

11:26 What doofus thought it was informative to use the fictitious Millenium Falcon in this size diagram? They should show the comparison of Starship next to Saturn V and the fully assembled Shuttle.

[@สมนึกสุนันท์]

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[@benisonong]

Let's Volt in