The last Starship launch of 2025, Starship Flight-11. Both vehicles splash down in the water. 🚀🌊 #Starship #Launch #Vehicles #Water #spacex | Space FrontPage

SpaceX’s Starship performing the famous “belly flop” maneuver — one of the most dramatic and unusual moves in modern spaceflight. Instead of descending straight down, Starship falls horizontally, using its body and flaps to slow down through Earth’s atmosphere. Just moments before landing, the engines ignite and the vehicle flips upright for a controlled landing attempt. Why this matters: 👉 Saves fuel 👉 Enables full reusability 👉 Key for future Moon and Mars missions 🚀 Spaceflight doesn’t al