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The live view of a Starship fin being attacked by plasma during reentry was pretty close too.

The dual landings for me were far superior. It was straight out of science fiction.

I only got to see the tail end of the shuttle launches (too young) but I imagine watching the first launch/landing felt something like I experienced watching those two boosters land together.

Can confirm.

> the dual landings from the first Falcon Heavy flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyO-h59RO5g

The FH synchronised side booster landing was visually epic and is timeless, but nothing quite tops the distinct feeling of actually seeing a the first stage of an orbital-class rocket return to Earth in a non-mangled up state. This video helps to relive the goosebumps: https://youtu.be/brE21SBO2j8?si=EZ8y5vcRTmG3eU75

Short of the moon landings that I never got to experience, the dual landing (especially that first one!) is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in space flight. Could watch again and again.