With a second-term president looking on, SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight met the company's metrics for success. Instead of returning to the launch pad, the booster diverted to an ocean ditching but the stripped down first stage survived an aggressive re-entry that was calculated to potentially destroy it. Donald Trump was on hand with Elon Musk for the launch at Boca Chica, Texas, which accomplished its mission of dropping a trove of data, including live video of the re-entry.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/starship-success-booster-ditches