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  1. Starship Flight 11: Hot Staging, V3 Booster Landing Burn, SECO

    Published: 14 Oct 2025

    Launch coverage of SpaceX's 11th Starship flight test, flying Starship 38 and Super Heavy B15.2.

    View mission: Starship Flight 11
  2. Starship Flight 10: Launch from Starbase and Objectives Met

    Mission: 2025Published: 29 Sep 2025

    SpaceX's Starship tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

    View mission: Starship Flight 10 (2025)
    Vehicle
    Starship
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
    Outcome
    Success
  3. 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
  4. Starship Flight 6: Engine Relight, Aborted Catch, Ship Splashdown

    Mission: 2024Published: 3 Jan 2025

    SpaceX's sixth Starship flight test launched from Starbase on November 19, 2024.

    View mission: Starship Flight 6 (2024)
    Vehicle
    Starship
    Launch site
    Starbase
    Outcome
    Success
  5. 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
  6. Falcon 1 Flight 4: How SpaceX Reached Orbit After Three Failures

    Mission: 2008Published: 11 Nov 2023

    On September 28, 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth orbit.

    View mission: Falcon 1 Flight 4 (2008)
    Vehicle
    Falcon 1
    Outcome
    Success
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Starship Flight 1: S24 and Super Heavy B7 Lift Off from Starbase

    Mission: 2023Published: 27 May 2023

    SpaceX's video covers the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship (S24) and Super Heavy (B7) from Starbase in Texas.

    View mission: Starship Flight 1 (2023)
    Vehicle
    Starship
    Launch site
    Starbase, Texas
  10. 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
  11. Falcon Heavy’s First Flight: Tesla Roadster and Booster Landings

    Published: 6 Feb 2023

    Replay of the first Falcon Heavy launch on Feb.

    View mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight
  12. Artemis 1: Why Orion Flew a 26-Day Route Around the Moon

    Published: 20 Dec 2022

    An explainer on why Artemis 1 took a 26-day route to the Moon, compared with six days for Apollo 8.

    View mission: Artemis I
    Vehicle
    Orion, SLS
  13. Falcon Heavy Sends Starman and a Tesla Roadster Around the Sun

    Published: 11 Mar 2018

    SpaceX's short video describes Falcon Heavy as the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two, able to lift nearly 64 metric tons to orbit.

    View mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight
  14. Falcon Heavy’s First Test Flight: Boosters, Landings and Starman

    Published: 6 Feb 2018

    Coverage of the Falcon Heavy test flight, including the countdown, liftoff, booster separation and the landing attempts of the two side boosters and the center core.

    View mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight
  15. Falcon Heavy’s Maiden Flight: Launch and Booster Separation

    Mission: 2018Published: 6 Feb 2018

    SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission launched from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 6 February 2018 at 20:45 UTC.

    View mission: Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission (2018)
    Launch site
    Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
  16. Falcon Heavy’s First Flight: Three Cores, 27 Engines, a Roadster

    Published: 6 Feb 2018

    SpaceX's official webcast covers the first test flight of Falcon Heavy from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

    View mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A