Starship Climbs, Plays a Perfect flip, but does Not Really Stand the landing

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  In 4:45pm CT on Wednesday, SN8 took to the heavens. [credit: Trevor Mahlmann ]

Since the Sun awakened ahead of the South Texas horizon, a fantastical-looking spaceship climbed into the reddening sky.

It had been, in a note, epic.

Developed by three Raptor aircraft motors, SpaceX’s 50-meter-tall Starship automobile climbed out across the Gulf of Mexico. After a few moments, one by one, the Raptor engines blinked off through layout. It wasn’t immediately clear how large Starship attained, however, the craft seemed to come near the 12.5km ceiling around the flight evaluation.