Overview

• SpaceX launched Flight 10 from Starbase after two scrubs, first for a liquid‑oxygen ground leak and then for weather.
• The upper stage deployed eight dummy Starlink satellites and completed an in‑space Raptor engine relight before a planned Indian Ocean splashdown.
• A buoy camera showed an apparent explosion after the upper stage reached the water, though SpaceX hailed the splashdown as a success.
• The Super Heavy booster performed landing‑burn tests, lost an engine during descent, and executed a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
• The FAA had closed its Flight 9 investigation and cleared this mission, with heat‑shield durability and orbital refueling still key hurdles for meeting NASA’s 2027 lunar lander schedule.