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Some highlights:

Booster splashdown at about T+7:30, Ship engine cutoff at 151 km: https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1798700946983358535

Starship splashdown in Indian Ocean, mostly intact, with landing burn just before splashdown; landing burn: https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1798715665916014715

Full flight profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_integrated_fli...

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Also at T+57:20 or so, watching the front flap start to come apart: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798098040588480826

How do they recover the booster? It doesn't sink to the bottom of the sea?

They are not recovering it this time. Once they demonstrate that it can achieve a controlled "landing" at sea, then they will move on to trying to land it back at the launch site.

Man, that will be spectacular.

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