SpaceX’s Starship completed its tenth integrated test flight overnight on Aug. 26–27, producing vivid images as the stainless-steel vehicle plunged back through Earth’s atmosphere enveloped in a plasma sheath. Video relayed via the company’s Starlink satellite network showed the spacecraft performing its signature belly-flop maneuver before orienting for landing. The brief mission marks the latest step in SpaceX’s effort to qualify the fully reusable, two-stage launch system for crewed lunar and, eventually, Mars missions. The company has conducted a series of iterative flights to validate heat-shield performance, aerodynamic control and rapid reuse of the vehicle’s Super Heavy booster and upper stage.