Topic: SpaceX starship flight 7 to launch around 4:40 CST Thursday Jan 16.

[patentlymn]

https://youtu.be/1yCG1T06jlk

Also. on Jan 15 a lunar lander was launched.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879434719412314461
Deployment of the @ispace_inc
 RESILIENCE lunar lander confirmed

After a ~4-5-month journey to the Moon, RESILIENCE will set down in the Mare Frigoris and begin exploration activities on the lunar surface

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/whats-next-for-the-2-private-landers-spacex-just-launched-toward-the-moon

What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?

update
This flight is the first try for metal heat shield tiles on some locations.

[Libertas]

Cool, kickin' butt!   

[patentlymn]

Booster caught OK.

[patentlymn]

Looks like they lost the second stage. It was a new design.

[Libertas]

I take it that was what got these folks all excited...

https://rumble.com/v6a6zu4-spacex-starship-burning-up-in-the-atmosphere-alarms-beachgoers.html

[patentlymn]

When I watched all they knew was they lost the signal and likely the ship. It was supposed to splash down in the Indian Ocean.

Videos and photos from the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean islands showed debris raining through the atmosphere back down to Earth, but it remained unclear if any damage was caused on the ground.

[patentlymn]

Another video of the re-entry

[patentlymn]

Likely O2 leak.
https://youtu.be/Ctxm29iB_vg?t=329

[patentlymn]

https://t.me/myLordBebo/56019
Starship explosion and falling debris … longer cut
The footage shows the rocket exploding in mid-air and its parts beginning to enter the atmosphere, leaving a trail of fire behind them.

https://t.me/myLordBebo/56020
Starship breaking up … plane view

https://t.me/myLordBebo/56018
Several passenger planes had to "dodge" debris from the SpaceX Starship falling from space