Driving the news: Starship launched atop the Super Heavy booster from Boca Chica, Texas, around 8:50 a.m. ET yesterday.
After the spacecraft separated from the booster, the Super Heavy made a controlled descent back to Earth and softly splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
Starship then coastedto an altitude of around 132 miles before performing a flip maneuver and a nail-biting controlled landing into the Indian Ocean.