To commemorate their greatest accomplishment to date with the Starship, SpaceX has released a recap video of the SN8 high-altitude flight.

While it didn’t quite stick the landing, the test was a major milestone in the development of the Starship.

The flight test came after multiple static fire tests were conducted with previous prototypes (the SN1 through SN5), and a series of 150 meter (~500 ft) hop tests with the SN5 and SN6.

On October 20th, 2020, another successful static fire test was conducted with the eighth prototype (SN8) using three Raptor engines.

The engines them flame up for the landing burn, but fail to slow the SN8 down enough for it to make a soft landing.

The video then ends with the caption that reiterates the successes of this first-ever high altitude flight test:.

These include Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the airspace around Brownsville, Texas, and road closure notices issued for Cameron Country around the Boca Chica test sight.

The SN9 has since been rolled out onto the landing pad and conducted its first static fire test earlier this week (Wed. Jan. 6th)?

With SN10 nearly complete and repairs being done at the landing pad, do you think this is something we will get to see in the next few weeks.

The image in the tweet shows the SN9 on the landing pad, with an earlier picture of the SN8 added (using Photoshop) on the adjacent pad.

The image is captioned with a question for Musk: “With SN10 nearly complete and repairs being done at the landing pad, do you think this is something we will get to see in the next few weeks?” To this, Musk tweeted a reply of, “Yes.”