Starship has successfully launched, ascended to 10 k's, and landed at Boca Chica! A magnificent achievement. Mars 2024!
Alas, it caught fire and exploded after landing, but the "skydiver" manoeuvre and the landing were the most difficult parts.
As Teslerati commented:
Regardless of where exactly that fire ‘broke through,’ so to speak, the original cause of the fire – accidentally igniting a vent plume – is unlikely to be a hard problem to fix, and it’s safe to say that SN10’s intact landing is an extraordinary success for SpaceX. In its official webcast, SpaceX engineer John Insprucker confirmed that Starship SN11 is all but complete and could roll out to the launch pad to pick up where SN10 left off almost as soon as it’s safe to do so.
(Start the video about 5 minutes in)
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