The Starship Flight 10 ship as it nears splash down in the Indian Ocean. Image: SpaceX Aug 29, 2025
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The Starship Flight 10 ship as it nears splash down in the Indian Ocean. Image: SpaceX Aug 29, 2025
https://i.redd.it/v3o0sf1oqfmf1.jpeg
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Pretty epic shot; really shows the heat and violence these things go through on re-entry.
Rear flap got a bit melted. Still made it through reentry though.
Just to give a sense of scale, it’s around 171 feet (52 meters) long and 29.5 feet (9m) wide.
The flight had amazing footage, I don’t think I’ve ever seen re-entry from that perspective and so clearly
Did they ever release the cause of the explosion? I was watching live and I was pretty amazed they were able to land with the shredded fin.
Fear it, run from it, it matters not either way- all paths eventually lead to big orange cylinders re-entering the atmosphere.
Such an amazing machine, congratulations to everyone at SpaceX who actually do something. The engineers, the coders, the flight teams. So many amazing people!
So did the remote bouy have a mast with a high camera? This looks to be 50+ feet up off sea level. Cool photo.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[ATV](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrpp78 “Last usage”)|[Automated Transfer Vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle), ESA cargo craft|
|[BFR](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrmeog “Last usage”)|Big Falcon Rocket (2018 rebiggened edition)|
| |Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you’re not the first to notice|
|ESA|European Space Agency|
|[HLS](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrjiao “Last usage”)|[Human Landing System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program#Human_Landing_System) (Artemis)|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbriqsb “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|[LLO](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrg8xb “Last usage”)|Low Lunar Orbit (below 100km)|
|[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrg8xb “Last usage”)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|[TDRSS](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrhigi “Last usage”)|(US) Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System|
|[TPS](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrcfoj “Last usage”)|Thermal Protection System for a spacecraft (on the Falcon 9 first stage, the engine “Dance floor”)|
|[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrc6pf “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Raptor](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrpm03 “Last usage”)|[Methane-fueled rocket engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_(rocket_engine_family)) under development by SpaceX|
|[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrjiao “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
|[ablative](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbraame “Last usage”)|Material which is intentionally destroyed in use (for example, heatshields which burn away to dissipate heat)|
|[cryogenic](/r/Space/comments/1n58ofn/stub/nbrndcs “Last usage”)|Very low temperature fluid; materials that would be gaseous at room temperature/pressure|
| |(In re: rocket fuel) Often synonymous with hydrolox|
|hydrolox|Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|
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Wow does that look like AI. You really can’t tell anymore.
Anyone figure out what that black mark at front of the ship? It looks like actual break in the skirt, but the explosion was on the side with the aft flaps themselves.
Bro, fireworks are great but we’re never going to mars. This is fucking stupid. Sorry /r/space
Isnt this from flight 6. Someone pointed out on YouTube.
The drone footage during splashdown was just ethereal. Looked almost too perfect and cinematic. Loved every bit of this flight. The return of Block 2!!