See SpaceX Starship's full Earth re-entry, splashdown and explosive ending

[@charlesburroughs1817]

What a great time to be alive. Something wonderful has made history. I'm 68 and really hope I live long enough to see a landing on Mars. I grew up during the space race. It's thrilling to experience it again.

[@michaelslack4937]

You and I both Charles (I'm also 68) would be something to see for you and I having been watching US Spaceflight from the beginning...when we land on Mars I'll be thinking of you sir. Till then health and happiness.

[@michaelanderson3096]

Hopefully we find life, even simple life organisms 😮.

[@SazzbinnSmutz]

Yeah, as starship burns and explodes ...... again.

[@wildone106]

@@SazzbinnSmutz ?? You mean like the dems chances of winning this election? URRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIGHT!!!! LMAO

[@SazzbinnSmutz]

@@wildone106 Yes, Starship burns and blows up very very well. Hahaha!!!

[@johnnyjohnson3733]

It would be cool if they placed a small map overlay that showed where on Earth the ship is during re-entry

[@eddywhitson6401]

I grew up during Sputnik, Echo 1, and the whole space race thing. Now, one company, SpaceX, is showing everyone, every company and every country how rockets and space flight are done right. I'm very proud it's all happening from American soil. Go SpaceX! I hope I'm still alive to see the Artemis mission.

[@MrKp-og2kl]

I feel so happy that people from all the generations are happy to see the growth of our space industry

[@anthonytimpson4975]

we already paid them 3 billion dollars to put this thing on the moon and so far all they have done is damage 5 empty starships that never made it to actual orbit... they are not doing us any favors, get off the spacex koolaide and see the grift

[@symonwanjohi3294]

Musk from South Africa showing Americans how its done 😂

[@matthewspry4217]

A little boy from south Africa showing the world 🌎 how to fly rockets

[@wolfgangjr74]

@@matthewspry4217 Not to diminish his funding and business acumen but SpaceX was just another purchase that is working out. He didn't bring any engineering knowledge to the table but I do appreciate him keeping it going to see these wonderful results. Lets give the kudos to the real people that made it work. All the scientists and engineers needed to make these dreams come true.

[@j.w.r3730]

I'm 61 now,I was 6 years old on Fort Worth Base when I watched Neil Armstrong step onto the Moon. On a 6-inch portable black and white tv,while my dad ran through the house shouting, "We made to the Moon!" Seeing humanitys first real starship in orbit in my lifetime,I can't explain how profound in emotion this is for me. I've lived from,compared to now, a literal stone age to maybe in my lifetime seeing a human being standing on another world. Far as I'm concerned the Space X family are the finest of humanity at its best. Thank you for bringing my boyhood dreams to life that I would witness a real starship in my lifetime. I may not agree with some things about Elon,but thank you sir for bringing the talent together and this happening. I still can't believe I just saw the first actual starship fly.

[@rachaelvann379]

@@j.w.r3730 do you really believe they stepped on the moon lol

[@philyvo]

@@rachaelvann379 He knows it for a fact. As do I. Serious question: when were you born?

[@rachaelvann379]

@@philyvo it has nothing to do with when I was born 1978 it’s all bs

[@james_robnett]

I'm curious, do you believe SpaceX just performed what you think you saw ? I assure you faking the most recent launch would be *much* easier with modern technology than faking the Apollo missions would have been in the 60s and 70s (they're of course both quite real).

[@billyryalls7851]

@@rachaelvann379 "It's all bs"? To you, obviously. Whatever your problems are, they are not mine. Just stay that way, if you like... 😁

[@TSgiggles]

This changes the game completely.. They have found a way to reuse "safely" and efficiently the most EXPENSIVE and DANGEROUS part of a space launch mission...ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!!

[@claudevieaul1465]

True, but the next step is to also safely recover the Ship itself - quite important as thát is where the people will be travelling in.... That hasn't happened yet. But it's early days. So far progress has indeed been phenomenal 🙏

[@anthonytimpson4975]

@@claudevieaul1465 Early days? by now they were supposed to be just about ready to put this thing on the moon.. so far it hasn't made it to orbit with ZERO payload and returned unscathed from that trip. Not to mention the 3 billion dollars spent to not get this thing anywhere near the moon when that was the contract is absurd.. Nasa Put rovers on MARS for under 3 billion and those worked the first time around in most cases

[@CJK57]

In contrast to Space X NASA’s Space Shuttle program of reusing those solid boosters and the Shuttle were astronomically expensive to reuse, basically the Space Shuttle program did not live up to intended purpose to have cheaper missions to space, so in the end was just an expensive white elephant, but don’t get me wrong, it was also a very impressive expensive white elephant.

[@wolfgangjr74]

@@CJK57 Sadly government and lack of funding always getting in the way of NASA's progress. SpaceX worked because they were willing to spend the capital needed to get things done. Imagine what NASA could have been instead of the starved husk that it is right now. DOnt get me wrong. NASA does good work as there are some things that science needs and businesses dont want to spend on. So it has its value.

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

@@wolfgangjr74you make a good point. More taxpayer money into NASA isn’t going to happen in today’s climate. Perhaps it’s time to move NASA funding into the private sector like Space X- that has proven solid accomplishments into pushing spaceflight forward ⚡️

[@carolbrownleehalbert3593]

The CATCH ... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!

[@coachbronco]

She's a quite catch, you know! :)

[@kayenne221]

Santa Claus tve movie is pretty cool too Do you honestly watch/LICK your screen and mindlessly suck it all up?? Get a grip of your embarrassing self

[@AlexanderHouse-t2z]

I would really love to see this entire process animated by an expert with extreme detail and explaining every single thing that happens.

[@winthrop2005]

I agree! Who are these color-me happy women?

[@qoph1988]

Basically the entire video is de-orbit via airbraking. Compressive heating causes a plasma shockwave to form near the underside of the craft, which changes as altitude drops and the atmosphere gets denser. Eventually speed drops enough to stop compressive heating. You can see the thermal tiles on the bottom heat up and begin to glow red like charcoal briquettes. A lot of the sparks are from these; it's difficult to find any solid matter that will withstand such a thing, and these are high-wear components. They erode quite a bit each time and need to be replaced and inspected often.

[@akashbharadwaj1]

when they did that animated thing... indian moon landing.... they started calling it fake.. may be animation was too good

[@pedintx]

Thank you to the whole SpaceX team for all you do and for sharing it to all of us is such detail. The pictures are amazing.

[@airshredder7314]

To think that once I thought that rockets that land themselves, let alone land perfectly in a tower, was science fiction. I'm just blown away by this!

[@qoph1988]

Especially a rocket this huge. Starship is the largest object ever to be propelled off the ground

[@habibstephen1233]

Wow! Historically phenomenal Congratulations Space X.

[@nebraskatpp]

You guys are just about over the hump. No stopping you now And I feel you should be supported. In all areas where ‘support’ is appreciated!!! Go SX Go

[@davidkelkins510]

Way to go, SpaceX, from launch, to catch, to ocean landing!

[@Sherinthia7]

Such a magically, amazingly, beautiful site! I remain in complete anc utter awe! Congrats to everyone go SpaceX

[@arielmartin7402]

Alright, that was the coolest ending ever! awesome. Go SpaceX!

[@rtea7]

The cool thing is that when Starship Heavy lands on the Moon, no friction involved upon landing. On Mars with the thin atmosphere and about 38% of Earth's gravity, vertical landings should hopefully be very successful.

[@njengakim]

The good thing with the lower gravity of mars and the moon is that they can use landing legs that will not need to be as heavy as they would be if it was landing on earth.

[@tro4404]

What about the debris that will be created by the rocket engines. That debris will create a cloud of debris around the Moon impacting satellites. The engines are also very likely to create their own crater by the material blown out by the force of the rockets. Unless of course, Space X is somehow able to build a refractory concrete landing pad before the rocket gets there. How does that work?

[@aaronmccombs4966]

​@@tro4404don't worry abput those things...they will just re-use the Nevada desert fake moon landing shooting locations, used in 1969 by NASA Motion Picture Studios.

[@rtea7]

@@tro4404 It will be interesting to see how that will unfold.

[@MZRTMusic254]

​@tro4404 one problem at a time 😂 I really hope I live long enough to see it

[@themtoniraniremaxbroker2447]

This is So Awesome!! Just Imagine that you are able to see from Top Down from the Space X Starship. Many thanks for this!!

[@RobertReynolds-b9p]

Incredible! I was five years old when John Glen orbited earth for the first time. SpaceX’s recent advancements outstrip everything prior. It’s a great time to be alive.

[@DragulaAD]

While I certainly agree with you that Elon Musk and SpaceX are doing amazing things, please do not take away from the forefathers of space exploration with the computing power of a cheap calculator. The 50's and 60's in my opinion were the decades of true human ingenuity. I am only 40 and I was 2.5 years old when my parents and I pulled into the driveway and I said to my mother what is that? And in the clear blue sky you could see streamers of smoke falling back to Earth as the Challenger blew up on takeoff. I have heard my house shake many of times to the sound of the Shuttle reentering the atmosphere. I also witnessed John Glen's return to space when I was 14, listened live as Columbia exploded on reentry when I was 19 and watched the very last space shuttle flight from the top of a 70 ft tall "egg" when I was 27. Let's hope we both get to witness many more amazing things.

[@فارسليبورد-ك8و]

وكأنني أرى فلم خيال علمي ❤❤❤❤❤

[@thenexusmiind]

Congratulations SpaceX, America & humanity as a whole! So exciting to live in a time where technology innovation is still in the hands of passionate people who dream of something beyond instant gratification or self-facing recognition. Humble people building new opportunities for our species as a whole. Thank you for helping the rest of us dream bigger!

[@kyoudoo]

Astounding. Human history was made today. Never really followed Space X / Elon Musk but now more interested than ever! Amazing how young the Space X staff is. Some bright minds there!

[@carlmcgarry1823]

The catch was science fiction becoming reality. Magic

[@chriswhite3692]

When the booster was coming in hot, I kept thinking: "Is the Dawn rigged for atmosphere?" or the Adama Maneuver

[@mickeykelly7421]

Great job SpaceX !!!!

[@theabsentmindedprofessor8357]

Csn we take a minute to recognize the durability of that camera! Dam the ship has heatsheilds yet the cam is like i got this.

[@toddheywood8837]

The people at space x (especially Elon musk) have reignited our dreams to explore, the unexplored! Thank u!!! What a amazing time to b alive

[@KarenHornsten]

Just astounding. Congratulations to EVERYONE involved. Space X you are beyond amazing.

[@bigemugamer]

I'm assuming the explosion after it touched down in the water hampers it's reusability.

[@BillWilson-kd2jp]

If the thing blows up after landing what good is that?

[@williamjames3416]

They are working on the re-entry and aiming and other controls now, tweaking it, fine tuning it so they can be sure to put the craft where they want and with the orientation they want. Once they have that perfected, they'll land it on pads or catch it. They've already proven themselves able to do that.

[@KenDougg]

Awesome. Can see Starship orbiting the Moon and Mars with mini Landers.

[@merlinthegray]

Starship is built specifically for direct lunar landing, actually. no mini-lander needed! Assuming they get it to do all they say it will do. I still worry about suicide burns for Earth based landings. You don't have much choice on the Moon, however.

[@Richard-f4b4r]

Congratulations to everyone involved with these achievements! Amazing!

[@andygomez2846]

Well done space x! Thanks for sharing the view from your toys. Congratulations to all involved

[@josegalvez7416]

You are a Great Team ! More Power to the "Boosters" !

[@JLVDRUM]

Congratulations SpaceX Team.

[@SazzbinnSmutz]

@@JLVDRUM For what? A crew section of the rocket that continues to burn up and blow up on entry???? 🤣😂😅

[@ihateflatearthers]

@@SazzbinnSmutz 1. This is just a prototype 2. This is just a *TEST* 3. It exploded *AFTER* landing and tipping over 4. You're an idi0t

[@JLVDRUM]

@@SazzbinnSmutz It did what it was supposed to do. The Starship set down i=n the ocean and only blow up on command. SpaceX has not tryed to reuse the crew section this test flight. This is amazing, nt a fan of crazy Elon but his engineers are doing great things, name another country or company landing and reusing rockets?

[@SazzbinnSmutz]

@@JLVDRUM China

[@JLVDRUM]

@@SazzbinnSmutz China is using SpaceX Tech. . Why the negativity?

[@hughgarsehotmail]

Amazing work, but can you have an audio stream that doesn't have screaming every 5 seconds for anyone not American ?

[@DragulaAD]

You don't have to be American to be proud of the accomplishments from a private company. I imagine there are literally people from all over the world contributing to these missions. Stop being so dense and just enjoy it.

[@dylanandmolly3739]

Nah mate. Grown men screaming like girls is cringe regardless of what they are doing.

[@cristiandumitrana6510]

This is just BRILLIANT !!! THANK YOU MUCH FOR SHARING ! WITH ALL RESPECT FOR TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE 🙏

[@Saeid415]

I don't know what to say this 5th flight was stunning catching500 tons booster in mid air by a beautiful and exclusive arm now starship. Beautiful spacex googooooooogooooogoooooooooogooooooooogggoooooo spacex go

[@OhShiitakeMushrooms]

Watched it live yesterday. Hopefully now this gives the FAA more confidence with SpaceX where they will stop playing games and approve these flights much sooner. 2026 is fast approaching.

[@LITTLEgiiant]

I heard SpaceX is planning to get permission to have 25 launches yearly.

[@hobog]

Playing games? Sounds like you'd rather the 737 MAX never had been grounded

[@philippbalz1863]

Die FAA hat ein Problem sie ist nicht auf solch viele Starts vorbereitet wie space X Raketen produziert die müssen plötzlich arbeiten für das Geld das sie bekommen 🤣🤣🤣

[@flipz8632]

​@@hobognah dude they are playing games and trying to slow them down because theyre being lobbied by other companies,also california is getting sued by elon because theyre trying to hault spaceX's development becayse they dont agree with his political allegience

[@xaviersavedra711]

Flight 6 is already approved

[@lukeknowles5700]

Fascinating stuff. What a great team!

[@BigBlock-wf3mh]

That’s great, love it, congratulations people! 🎉

[@romanmaimo1468]

Elon Musk showed NASA a lesson in science

[@MrBiloxifireman]

Thanks for posting this video!

[@mr.crapper7197]

Beautiful company, look at the energy and that is Musk.

[@bellafairy4u]

That was amazing, thank you 🙏🏼

[@cokersong]

😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤😊 What a history-making, incredible feat of engineering!

[@realomon]

you´ve kinda saw what must have happened to Space Shuttle Columbia, with all that melting off the structure.

[@chipmiller9074]

Wow that is awesome and takes a long time to move threw the atmosphere!!❤

[@MrPhotodoc]

Meanwhile after the fabulous booster catch, everyone forgot there was still a space ship up there in orbit.

[@coachbronco]

I didn't ...as I knew it will be successful anyway.

[@adamutuber]

No one forgot about the Starship ya parrot

[@kayenne221]

Get a grip of your out of control brain. Cults are not clever!!

[@garyslentzii2796]

​@@adamutuber 😂😂😂😂

[@aneyesky]

The desire to talk runs strong with these two

[@ronlem9235]

What a day, what a day, oh what a day!

[@LelleKidd]

It crashed right on the spot, what a triumph.

[@richardmorin6968]

26 thousand Fahrenheit? 1400 celsius sounds more normal

[@johnzaleski5182]

9/5xC + 32… (9*1400)/5 + 32 = 2552 F. I think she just read it wrong.

[@kennethdavies9889]

I think she was looking at the speed when she said that

[@KevinDepathy]

Is this done at night to avoid seeing all the fuel dumping into the ocean?

[@boB-ne2dy]

Space X is # 1 !!!

[@equalizerhere]

Great progress in space tech. This is amazing

[@GargamelAzrael]

It be breath taking for real space video and views of space and whats out there rather then the same re entry to earth

[@NotMe-hm2zd]

at 17 seconds in theres a small something that comes from the center of the screen and is moving to the right at a high speed???

[@JimWhitaker]

2:51 Needs a temperature convertor! About 14,000 Celsius.

[@huntersmillie00]

It always amazes me how fast moving objects can compress air molecules to extreme heat and create plasma.

[@StephanieP-zj3df]

A stunning achievement! Boeing, NASA; “our DEI hires can’t do this”. Spacex; “let’s get this done”!

[@leemclean379]

What an amazing time to be a live

[@mikeober9773]

Need to bring the next one in during daylight hours.

[@CharmaineD]

Yes

0:58, a small white dot pops up left-center, next to the fin-easy to spot on a TV but barely shows on a smartphone. It could be a high-altitude balloon or ?

[@Liberty4Ever]

I grew up during the dawn of spaceflight and the government monopoly on space has disappointed me for five decades, but SpaceX is now realizing all of my dreams, seemingly all at once. Go Starship! Go SpaceX!

[@wtxrailfan]

Your dream is to burn up?

[@steveothehulk]

its crazy how it knows where the exact re entry point is

[@quaileggsvermont]

Looks like it blew up in the water?? Something did!

[@rachaelvann379]

This is awesome

[@memofrf]

Stunning work.

[@scottjohnston1028]

At T+01:05:43 it sure looks to me like the starship has submerged up to at least the camera mount as the video hue turns ocean green. Then, shortly after, it turns black again and then after that the explosion occurs. Essentially, the starship sinks into the water up to at least the camera mount on the top fin and then bobs back up and then explodes. Had this landed on a drone ship, it very likely would still have been standing. The explosion was either from the thermal shock of a superheated starship in the water causing a crack or potentially this was intentional. With the starship being a few hundred feel long and submerged potentially 100 to 150 feet into the ocean, the 3 to 5 times atmospheric pressure may have been enough to damage the superheated hull.

[@weatherx25]

Yeah, and if you look at the speed, you can see that it stops decreasing at some point around 55 km/h, likely indicating the engines stopped for a moment. That might explain why it submerged so much.

[@sebrassino]

No, the starship was definitely not totally submerged. If you look good you see that the engines are stil firing under the water line. That's what's giving the green color. Then it tips and then we loose coverage.

[@i_amsarkar]

It touched down then merged then blast

[@Ron-g2k]

I don't understand why everyone is going Apesh-t over a water splash down?????? We did that in the 1960s! I thought SpaceX vehicles landed standing up???????? I am a big fan of Mr. Musk however I'm lost as to why I just watched a 20 minute video and don't understand why a water landing was even worth a boring yawn.. What was this booster carrying??? I didn't see the Starship???? Hmmm doesn't compute!! My Grey matter Hertz!!!

[@atuwenisande499]

@@Ron-g2k Surely you cannot be this ignorant

[@frankydog7656]

Amazing. Just...amazing.

[@otishinson9556]

Great work

[@James-qr6rp]

great test flight you would of never thought

[@imaginary_friend7300]

Of course.. these are test articles. There is a reason they landed it on water. Do you not understand what that reason it?

[@Daness74]

Didn't expect to stand against the heat that long , what a problem to solve .... ! When I think back to the space shuttle times = mind buggelin .... ! Quite awesome , good job Starlink !! 👏👏👏🤘🫂🥰🙏❤️‍🔥🛸🍀🃏🌻🏁

[@bishop4294]

Nice, please show us the temperature and pressure readings together with speed and altitude in future 🔮

[@richoworthington8520]

Nice one, Mr Musk and all the good folks at SpaceX :?

[@jorgeblanco6708]

This flight was espectacular. Can wait for starship to land on the launching platform like the booster did today. Elon, this was brilliant !!!

[@daxie1026]

Thank you Space X !!! ❤❤❤

[@Jpwinks]

I'm so ready for all this. I'm 36 but space has always been my love. Influenced by science fiction especially Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino. I believe human will change when they finally live in space like in his books and anime. We need corperations like SpaceX to get this going and PLEASE share/sell their technologies to other companies so we can leave the cradle of earth. It was never our destiny to stay on Earth, leave it and let it heal ❤ oh and with optimus developement, can we have mobile suits too??? 😅😅😅

[@MarcFonteyne]

Congratulations !!!

[@drbichat5229]

What a fantastic video

[@looxnury]

This looks coooll

[@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195]

So did the starship explode and get destroyed or did it successfully land and can be reused ???

[@reubenjohnson3865]

So much fun to hear the excitement of those young folks!

[@simonlye007]

The forward sections re-entry speed of circa 24,000 kmh doesn't even roughly match its descending altitude. It should be approx 1.5 seconds per 10 km. Am I missing something?

[@michaelspalding3584]

Wow...simply, wow!

[@chriswhite3692]

When the booster was coming in hot, I kept thinking: "Is the Dawn rigged for atmosphere?" or the Adama Maneuver

[@DEViLDUB07]

LETS GO ELON!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO SPACEX!!!!!!!

[@tiberiusgracchus7328]

I grew up watching the astronauts from Mercury onward. I'm so excited that I finally seeing some more progress in human spaceflight ( not at all taking anything away from the tremendous successes we have made with our robotic exploration of the planets). However, it really troubles me that this effort is in the hands of such a powerful and volatile individual as Elon Musk. Although obviously a very gifted person, he is really a very long way from the kind of person I feel comfortable with in control of things. I applaud him for putting together the organization that is (finally) advancing spaceflight again, and so far I like what they are doing. So far.

[@DEViLDUB07]

@@tiberiusgracchus7328 LETS GOIO!!!! I’m so happy to be alive right now. Beautiful things happening

[@jayprakashruptakke6203]

Wow ! Great ! Congratulations SpaceX ! I used to wonder that the scientists will be able to develop the reusable launching rockets by 2035. Glad to see it happening so soon 👍👍👍

[@nomad27]

26:10 "Hey, starships are meant to fly and it sure as hell flew today" Maybe it's just me, but this sentence has strong "One small step for man" vibes. Way to go team!

[@YouTube-tied]

I bet uap was impressed, at least a little bit.

[@uwo5786]

At that speed you could fly from San Francisco to France, fly back to San Francisco and fly back to France in 1 hour. Normally a 1 way flight takes 8-12 hours

[@tomdarco2223]

Right on SpaceX

[@peppi0304]

Flap was cooking again. thought they fixed it by moving it further lee wards? Will this just happen on a further iteration or was it just not enough?

[@LITTLEgiiant]

I think you're confusing this starship with the block 2 version which hasn't launched yet, that one has its flaps repositioned. Besides it not being block2 version it held up really well compared to the 4rth launch.

[@njengakim]

Not yet this is still the old design. However it fared much better than the last flight which shows their modifications worked to an extent. The burn through of the flaps was very minimal as compared to the previous flight where it devoured half the flap.

[@peppi0304]

@@njengakim ah okay. But this time we saw a bottom flat and last time a too flap i believe

[@coachbronco]

This is a cheap test flap flight until they are 100% confident in the safety of having a live astronaut onboard with a bit expensive one for sure.

[@robbiejames1540]

​@@njengakim still far from reusable without refurbishment though :/. I'm worried that SpaceX will struggle to solve the reentry problem.

[@maryellenshaw6988]

Wow, amazing !!

[@painmt651]

Out-freaking-standing views!

[@nageshji8771]

Explosion was like quenching red hot rod in to water.May be they could cool down temperature by lightning discharge from another spacecraft or sound waves resonance

[@simonsong1743]

Maybe Starship could use the way Chinese reentry of their lunar mission returning module, which dive up and down several times into the atmosphere for reducing speed, preventing plasma building up at the small flying wing.

[@GerieBraun]

Holy COWZOLA!!! This is by far the best thing EVER!!! I recall back when SuperHeavy had launched only twice. This is "One big step for SpaceX, one Giant leap for the Moon! I thought the upper stage was going to go to the 'rocket graveyard' in the Pacific? Is that where the good ol' boy ended up at? I still remember the video animation of what the chopsticks were going to do; and here it is, months later, we actually see it! Great job Elon, great job SpaceX. Here comes the moon soon!!

[@antoniusdjohannatawiria1801]

Still don't understand. Why did it explode in the last minute?

[@MiniLemmy]

Was there not an explosion at splashdown there? Id be interested to know the condition of the ship and if any human occupants would have survived

[@Hans-mg5nf]

Another Glorious moment. 🤩🤩🤩

[@damonjohnson8337]

Some type of object comes into view at the 1 min mark. You can see it come into frame just under the starship flap And it's moving fast like the starship but looks like it's pretty far away and going in a different direction relative to the starship. Satellite Maybe? Or a piece of debris? Anyone else see that?

[@MrGaborseres]

I want that Mechazilla shadow dance at the end of every video clip 😊