On Aug. 26, 2025 at 6:40 p.m. CT from Starbase, SpaceX launched Starship Flight 10: Super Heavy ignited all 33 Raptor engines, performed a hot‑staging separation, the upper stage executed a second‑ever in‑space Raptor relight, and the vehicle completed a flip and soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
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Flight 10 demonstrated multiple critical flight‑test milestones: ignition of all 33 Super Heavy Raptor engines, hot‑staging separation, a second in‑space Raptor relight on the upper stage, four‑flap reentry control, a landing flip and a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
Multiple‑angle video and photos show the vehicle returned visibly burnt and battered at splashdown, a concrete data point for assessments of thermal protection, reentry loads and upper‑stage recovery prospects.
This test followed the FAA's recent clearance after an investigation and a series of hardware updates — including diffuser/thermal protection work and aerodynamic changes — that SpaceX implemented ahead of Flight 10; see the FAA clearance and the recent grid‑fin hardware update and the Ship 37 spin‑prime/engine swap for background:
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(FR) SpaceX releases rare images of Starship in space • numerama.com
Starship Flight 10 Completes All Objectives, Advancing Fully Reusable Launch Capability • flightlineweekly.com
SpaceX Achieves Successful Starship Launch as Company Eyes Year‑End Milestones • douglasmmessier.substack.com
(DE) Mini-update on Starship Test Flight 10 • raumfahrer.net
