Starship made a controlled reentry, successfully making it through the phases of peak heating and max aerodynamic pressure and demonstrating the ability to control the vehicle using its flaps while descending through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds

Weather is 70% favorable for today’s third integrated flight test of Starship. The live webcast will begin ~30 minutes before liftoff, which is currently targeted for 7:30 a.m. CT → spacex.com/launches/mission/…

Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT → spacex.com/launches

Deployment of @Int_Machines IM-1 confirmed

Flight 3 Starship and Super Heavy move to the pad at Starbase

Ignition of a single Raptor engine on Flight 3 Starship demonstrating a flight-like startup for an in-space burn

Static fire of Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines ahead of Flight 3

Watch the three center engines on Starship’s upper stage gimbaling just after separation. Right before they ignite for hot-staging, the engines angle themselves outward to direct their exhaust towards the vented interstage before re-centering for ascent.

Tracking camera views of hot-staging separation

Stage separation!