SpaceX's Starship rocket just performed a flip maneuver and splashed down on target in the Pacific Ocean. Seems like tower catch could be a go for flight 15.

That's what I am really looking forward to is the tower catch... Hopefully all the data they gather from today allows them to confirm they will attempt it for flight 15.

No towing necessary this time 🫣

Seems like ship catch may be more likely than a booster catch, still looked like some issues during the booster attempt despite being far better than previous flights of V3

They so could have caught it!

🥹 Wow... I must be too sensitive and emotional. I'm so happy I'm crying. I can imagine the feeling of pride and accomplishment from the Starbase team. Well done, everyone! These are spectacular moments. Elon must be literally experiencing the best emotions right now.

Might not because it wasn’t a soft landing like 13 flight.

Mission accomplished 👏🍾

I still think the catch might happen in Launch 16, not 15

That flip is the hard part looking boring, which is exactly the point.⁠

Too bad it blew up.

Wow, that’s amazing all signs point towards that mechazilla chopstick catch for starship 15 fingers crossed. 🤞

We are witnessing amazing things.

Full mission profile on the first orbital flight.

Amazing mission. We’re not far now from orbit and landing back at base! Love the unscheduled rapid disassembly. Love Spacex!

Spectacular

Did they intentionally destroyed it by triggering its self destruct mechanism?

They are probably happy this one blew up. Lol

Weren’t why expecting to originally attempt tower catch today? I wonder if explosion vs V13 means anything in regards to attempt to catch on flight 15

That flip was CLEAN. 🚀 On-target splashdown. Elon might be ready to catch it next. 👀

It’s a bummer it detonated after topple, but that isn’t unexpected. Lucky ship number 13 was a fluke.

Sooner or later we won't be able to witness these water landing explosions💥 anymore. Enjoy them while you can. 🍿

Would this help 🤔 Worth a read.

nobody worried about all this pollution in our oceans we share?

Aloha, Starship!

@grok so this starship completely exploded during landing?

I hope we never take this for granted. This is as close to magic as humans have achieved. Truly a wonderful time to be alive.

@grok what causes the blowups on landing

the landing target: ocean. the confidence: tower catch

Wow. Wow. Wow.

👏👏👏👏👏

Cool.

And the stock is down 🤷🏻‍♂️

Seems like" is carrying the whole second sentence. SpaceX hasn't said the ship catch is on for 15 yet, Sawyer has

when are they going to start landing it again?

You don't land it, you catch it. Flight 15 could be a ship catch. Booster catch will likely be later since they still have a couple things to work out.

It will depend on what caused the engine anomaly.