In Full: SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully returns to Earth for first time 

I'm a driller. I was doing some offshore drilling off the coast of Long Beach and one day this thing came in on a huge barge with tug boats pushing it into the Navy section of the port. The thing had to have been like 200 to 300 feet tall. The captain of the ship made us all stop work as this thing drove by us just a few hundred yards away from us. For safety reasons... Me and my ship mates just stood there in AWE. No F$%&@&#$ way it's that big some of them said. We all pulled out our phones and took video. This inspiring moment made us all realize that we are definitely going to Mars. We drove passed Navy Destroyers every day for months that weren't even close to impressive as that thing was. Seeing this thing in person changed us all. No Cap!

2000 years from now they’re gonna be pulling ancient starships out of the ocean just like we do old galleons

Damaged but still-actuating flap is my hero.

For those who are not educated on this comment thread, the meaning of a "test flight" is not to go from point A to point B, it is to show the possibility of navigation to Mars and back. They are testing launch and re-entry. Compare this with the Boeing Starliner!

My glasses are so thick when I look up I see Captain Picard waving

your telling me the title isnt trying to say it failed?! this is a miracle

Imagine dozens of lines of starships , 24/7 launching / receiving to mars.

Elon should have named it The Black Night instead of Starship, because it was like every time a piece came off it was like it said "HA! A mere scratch!"

Nice share, Telegraph. Congrats SpaceX. Incredible progress and commitment.

The way it screams its defiance to gravity as it launches its bulk is blood curdling. Amazing.

The emotions from the team and crowd made this so intense and such a better experience

Love the camera angles capturing the true size of that thing. It's a flying building

For all those nerds (like me) out there, the starship began falling completely vertically at 18 Km altitude. It descended one Km in 4 seconds which is 900 Km an hour. At that time the speed on the display was 899 Km an hour, so all of its speed was vertical.

I JUST GOT TO WATCH THIS..................CONGRATS SPACE X & ELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good camera angles on that spaceship and rocket

40:27 The orbs doing a fly over

The smartest minds didnt even put escape pods on the space station....

Saw this thing all the way in indiana!! Left some sick scars in the clouds and skies!!

Amazing flight! Seeing a live video feed during re-entry was a first and unbelievable!

when the rockets fire, the sound artificing sounds like Kerble space program

Flat earthers are in panic mode now.

SO FUNNY HOW THE WATER HAD CURVATURE WHEN THE BOOSTER WAS LANDING...HA 39:56

The flap stayed on! Very very impressive!

congratulations space x team

Space X WINS AGAIN--KEEP IT UP!! Makes me Proud to be an American.

The ship got to over 26,000KMH into outer space then had to plunge back into the earth's atmosphere coming to an eventual dead /wet stop here on the earth ocean surface. The physics of travel by rocket ship into space and back still need more answers before we can call it space "travel".

Thats alot of very smart people in one room.

42:30 did anyone else see something fly off, probably not big deal but still intriguing

Such a great choice of music. It’s what plays during auto-docking in Elite: Dangerous

wowh ... that was a "firework" of its best. Unbelievable if not seen. Who invented the camera and signal transmission technology must be a genius. How is that possible to be functional under such brutal conditions. Holy moly ... what an emotional roller coster. Congrats to the whole team, all who have been involved make this possible.

Historical milestones happening in front of our eyes.

Gradual descent, just like an airplane

Remember, stick to the script😂 continue reading your Teleprompter😅.

Hey I noticed at like 33:21 all the engines are lit save one. So...I don't know anything about this stuff, so how many of those engines could go out and it still complete the lift?

Always love it when humans engineer the impossible and focus on building and innovating stuff that takes us closer to saving the human race in case of an extinction level event instead of fighting useless wars.

music from Space Odyssey was a nice touch! that movie inspired a lot of ppl

1;14;20 Amazing footage taken of the space ship entering earths atmosphere on its belly The drone is obviously. a few miles behind it. and totally caught everything on film

Everytime I see the process of SpaceX I am in awe and am filled with so much respect toward each and everyone who dared to dream. But I must admit, having followed spaceX or Mr. Musk's startup in 2012, I am beginning to wonder if NASA really did achieve what they say they did in the 60's and 70's. 12 years and thousands of dedicated people and the best engineers from around the world and SpaceX has "only" just succeeded in launching its first starship? I do understand that the starships are much bigger and the efforts put into reusing the starships by automated return and landing plus catching arms, but we still see the starship absolutely dissolving entering our atmosphere, can anyone explain this to me?

Congratulations, SpaceX

awesome good job SpaceX, but lets all just ignore all them flying objects going in and out of earth... and no im not talking about the tumbling ice ... 41:10 through 44:50

One thing I'd like to see, is RU-vid stopping adverts on videos of humanitarian skills like Space X launches and Landings. The effort required, the people involved something that shows what we can do as a spacious I don't believe needs to be interrupted

I wonder why Aerogel isn't used in Starships Lower Heat Protection?! Ceramic is great but Rather Heavyy

So nobody is going to mention the object at 38:55? Somebody please expand what that is...

Someone should tell them it's altitude, not attitude.

Two lights appear at 35:54 UFO checking out the space ship?

Flat-earthers triggered

Yes, but the Moon and Mars have different gravity

Congratulations

Why does the launch go against the rotation of Earth?

Extreme temperature on return to earth day, be careful! Physical friction friction + speed detachment of the taylesmosaic.

They need to play the old MTV theme song when the ship begins liftoff.

Elon for Mars president

We are waiting for the next tests )

By testing and blowing it , again and again SpaceX going right way !!!! People must understand that no testing and failing happen , it is a the way to test and learn and in the end .....win !!! The best spending of peoples money and time . Great launch and view , thanks .

Wish the date of mission could be included on info.

Flew a ship to space but botched the marshmallow burn 🤣

32:23 Goosebumps

1:22:42 I was wondering why the altitude decreases so slowly even though the speed is 25000 km/h, which is about 7 kilometers per second? Is the descent angle so shallow?

Lord of the Flies rewritten about a colony on Mars. That would be interesting.

Flat earthers will not believe it

No one gonna mention the world’s largest fog machine on the ground???

1:28:20 this is like from Interstellar

Amazing ! 👏👏👏Congrats, SpaceX ! ❤❤❤

First they need to find the water on Mars, then do a splash landing. Just two more steps!

What a moment when the booster does it’s final landing burn 🔥 to strike the water;&Then to just fall over.

Nice I'm a very excited ride and explore Mars Elon musk very nice man

38:54 what is that thing in space?

Super super super Space X & NASA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

What is that @38:54?????

So a picture just sitting there, hook to one of those things that turn Christmas ornaments.

38:54 what's that, the aliens..in the front row seat?

Everyone is actually cheering though one of the engines is dead? Crazy how humans exceptions have decreased to such a low threshold.

What an amazing thing to watch and witness. What a brilliant team space x are. Your writing history hear guys, keep up the brilliant work 👌

The video of lift-off and landing was terribly documented.

What is that squealing sound at T minus :0:05? Go to 32:22 to hear this.

Looks good for the environment even before launch.

no starship splashdown?

China: Time to copy this

1:39:20 A look at Elon and his son celebrating the success

this gave me goosebumps

except we never got to see anything, because the camera got rekt when parts of the ship broke off. yeah, i am not getting on tthat thing.

Failure is not an option. It's not even acknowledged.

Why is there no controlled burn to help with the Atmosphere re-entry.

NASA used to have funding for this, doing this private will take forever. It takes a 800 billion a year buget for space. IF NASA had the coin the military had in the U.S there would be big space stations and about 50 shuttles .

Sweet, good job 😊 👏

Really.................

8:20 how many times can he say “prop”

The over -laughing ruined it for me. It was almost like someone told them to laugh hard when something is going poorly.

A Starship parachute is never too big for the skies. A giant parachute that can roll out from the side of the starship belly while it's facing downward on its belly when entering Earth's atmosphere and branch out to support starship and when it reaches a certain level inside the atmosphere it disconnects from starship while still connected to a long rope at the center of the parachute so when parachute pulls on starship the center will fold inward releasing the air pressure and starship could then pull the parachute back into the side of starship before it can land between the chopsticks. This will prevent the Earth's atmosphere pressure and vibrations from turning into electricity and then a burn that will eat away any material through powerful vibrations. This can also prevent crashing on impact and guarantee a safe landing which is much safer than an airplane. I know the parachute ideal will work because in the military they use parachutes to drop army tanks from the sky yes! from the sky. The rocket parachute will keep the rocket supported and safe from the atmosphere pressure. The parachute can also take a lot of pressure off of the heat shields and guarantee a safe landing on Mars. A roll in and out mechanism parachute system is another good operational option for SpaceX starship landing..

How come they're not Landing it on land ?

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This has been a fantastic week for space travel across the board. Except for North Korea, they failed.

Ou, is it because its not actually going right up, but kind of horizontally

Tell Elon we have to talk.

what a time to be alive :)

What are flat earthers thoughts 😂

15:16 What’s that flying in the atmosphere?

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When they master the flip burn Will the space team be working on more difficult maneuvers double flip twist; or a pike; or my favourite a rear reverse twist When will they begin judgeing these landings by holding up a score card. e.g. score 9.9 on the reverse double twist with minimal splash on re-entry.

men with strong voices should be reading this teleprompter, sorry.