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  1. Starship Flight 8: Booster Caught, Then the Ship Loses Engines

    Mission: 2025Published: 7 Mar 2025

    SpaceX's eighth Starship flight test lifted off from Starbase with all 33 Raptor engines on the booster igniting, followed by hot staging and a booster catch at the tower.

    View mission: Starship Flight 8 (2025)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
    Outcome
    Partial success
  2. Starship Flight 5: Super Heavy Booster Caught on First Attempt

    Mission: 2024Published: 6 Nov 2024

    SpaceX's fifth Starship flight test lifted off on October 13, 2024.

    View mission: Starship Flight 5 (2024)
    Launch site
    Starbase
    Outcome
    Success
  3. Super Heavy’s 33 Raptors vs Saturn V’s Five F1 Engines Explained

    Published: 18 Jun 2024

    Compares the 33 Raptor engines on SpaceX's Super Heavy booster with the five F1 engines of the Saturn V.

  4. Super Heavy Booster 9 Fires 33 Raptors in Second Static Fire

    Published: 25 Aug 2023

    SpaceX's live stream of the second static fire of Super Heavy Booster 9 at Starbase, Texas.

    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
  5. Starship Booster 9 Static Fire: 2.74 Seconds, Four Engines Out

    Published: 6 Aug 2023

    SpaceX streamed the first static fire of Super Heavy Booster 9 from Starbase, Texas, about 3.5 months after the first integrated Starship flight test.

    View mission: Starship Super Heavy Booster 9 static fire
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
  6. Starship Flight 1: Pad Cleared, Then Tumble Ended the Test

    Mission: 2023Published: 20 Apr 2023

    SpaceX's webcast covers the first integrated flight test of Starship and Super Heavy from Starbase, Texas, after an earlier attempt was stood down for a frozen booster valve.

    View mission: Starship Flight 1 (2023)
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
    Outcome
    Partial success