BREAKING: Starship just had a soft landing after its first orbital flight. Another major milestone for SpaceX. Tower catch next?

@SpaceX A Fiery but mostly soft landing

@SpaceX @grok, did Starship and Starship booster both blow up in their respective landings in the ocean today?

@SpaceX ✌️soft but mostly fiery✌️

@SpaceX "Soft"

@SpaceX they cut the mission hours short and still hit the main goals. that's the real win here

@SpaceX It looked like it blew up in the end? Please confirm.

@SpaceX Is the soft landing practice for future catches? Also curious what the detonation was at the end and whether it was intentional or not

@SpaceX Calibrating the weight to boast ratio.

@SpaceX fucking send it all the way in humanity!!!

@SpaceX A soft kaboom.

@SpaceX So now we can finally say “Houston, we have a smooth landing” and hope the tower doesn’t get jealous.

@SpaceX The booster nailed it, and now the tower catch is the next test. We actually covered what's next for this program here:

@SpaceX Probably more interested in a full 6 orbit mission, and landing off Chile before attempting a tower catch. 👽

@SpaceX 🥳🥳

@SpaceX Fantastic

@SpaceX soft landing.. and then EXPLOSION? 🙄

@SpaceX soft landing is a big deal.

@SpaceX @SpaceX what do yall spray coat components w to keep salt water from rusting it

@SpaceX 🎯👍💯🔝👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@SpaceX It blew up after landing.