SpaceX launched a full-scale Starship prototype on a high-altitude flight test on March 3, successfully demonstrating for the third time ascent, controlled unpowered horizontal descent, engine restart and a dramatic flip-up maneuver for a tail-first landing attempt.

Unlike two previous test vehicles, Starship Serial No. 10 (SN10) also managed a soft landing, though video showed a fire at touchdown.

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