"Congratulations to @SpaceX on its Starship test. Flight 10's success paves the way for the Starship Human Landing System that will bring American astronauts back to the Moon on Artemis III," NASA's acting administrator Sean Duffy wrote on X following the flight. "This is a great day for @NASA and our commercial space partners."

Several recent test flights ended in failure, with prototypes exploding or losing their upper-stage spacecraft. But at 7:30 p.m. ET last night (Aug. 26), SpaceX pulled off a stunning comeback, successfully completing its tenth Starship test.

SpaceX is slated to launch its 10th Starship rocket from the Boca Chica launch site this evening. According to its website, the launch window for Starship is set