Watch SpaceX Starship SN10 rocket landed in one piece; then exploded after landing

Nickie Louise Posted On March 3, 2021

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Earlier today, SpaceX’s Starship SN10 prototype aborted the first launch attempt due to what Elon Musk describes as “slightly conservative high thrust limit and increasing thrust limit.” Three hours later, the SpaceX team retried the launch and successfully landed the Starship SN10 in one piece.

Then about three minutes after landing, SN10 exploded on its landing pad. It was unclear what caused the Starship to explode after landing. SpaceX Livestream cut out the video of the explosion.

During the Livestream of the event, SpaceX engineer John Insprucker said, “We’ve had a successful soft touch down on the landing pad. That’s capping a beautiful test flight of Starship 10.”

Below is a webcast of the launch and landing.

THE STARSHIP HAS LANDED pic.twitter.com/SX5dz9QUGp

— Everything SpaceX (@spacex360) March 3, 2021

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