Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
Published: 1 Nov 2026
An explainer on why Starship's heat shield uses hexagonal tiles and why full reuse depends on how much work the shield needs between flights.
Mission: 2026Published: 1 Nov 2026
A full engineering breakdown of Starship V3, covering methane propellant, stainless steel, heat shield tiles and Raptor engines.
An explainer on why Starship's Super Heavy booster has 33 Raptor engines, giving four reasons: redundancy, avoiding the combustion instability that troubled huge engines like the F-1, the throttle…
Starship Flight 14 lifted off from Starbase on September 28, 2026, reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, all of which made contact.
Mission: 2024Published: 1 Nov 2026
This explainer covers how SpaceX catches its Super Heavy booster with the launch tower's two arms instead of landing it on legs.
A retelling of Starship's build-fly-fail-fix test campaign, from the Starhopper hop and the SN prototypes through flights 1 to 14.
Mission: 2026Published: 2 Oct 2026
A narrated compilation of fan and team camera footage and audio from Starship Flight 14, including a sun transit, an updraft along the rocket's path, a single Raptor shutting down, stage separation,…
Mission: 2026Published: 1 Oct 2026
Starship Flight 14 lifted off at 7:49 a.m.
Mission: 2026Published: 29 Sep 2026
Starship Flight 14, the first V3 launch at dawn, carried 26 Starlink V3 satellites, about 50 metric tons.
Starship Flight 14 reached orbit on September 28 after a vacuum engine failed on ascent and the team polled go for orbit.
Mission: 2026Published: 28 Sep 2026
Everyday Astronaut's live 4K coverage follows Starship Flight 14, the first attempt to put Starship into orbit, with 26 Starlink V3 satellites aboard.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 put the ship into orbit for the first time, 170 miles above the Earth, and deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites.
Published: 25 Sep 2026
Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut explains why the Super Heavy booster of Starship version 3 has three grid fins instead of four.
Published: 18 Sep 2026
SpaceX traces its reusability work from Grasshopper and the first Falcon 9 landing to a Starship that stayed afloat in the Indian Ocean after its flight.
Mission: 2026Published: 23 Aug 2026
Scott Manley reports that Starship number 40 was towed to Christmas Island after about three weeks in the Indian Ocean following its flight.
Mission: 2026Published: 25 Jul 2026
Livestream of SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, the second flight of the V3 vehicle, from Starbase pad two with Booster 20 and Ship 40.
Mission: 2026Published: 24 Jul 2026
SpaceX launched Starship's 13th test flight from Starbase in South Texas on July 24, 2026.
Mission: 2026Published: 16 Jul 2026
Everyday Astronaut's livestream of Starship Flight 13, the second flight of Starship V3, which was to carry 20 Starlink V3 satellites on a suborbital trajectory.
Published: 13 Jul 2026
SpaceX's documentary follows engineers through the final days before the first Starship V3 flight, Flight 12.
Published: 23 May 2026
Live coverage of Starship Flight 12, the first flight of a Starship version 3 vehicle from the new pad 2, with commentary from Tim Dodd and the SpaceX webcast.
Published: 22 May 2026
Everyday Astronaut hosts a live stream ahead of Starship Flight 12, the first flight of Starship version 3 from the new pad 2 at Starbase.
Published: 20 May 2026
An overview of what is new on SpaceX's first Starship V3 launch, Flight 12: Pad 2 at Starbase, Raptor 3 engines, Booster 19 and Ship 39.
Published: 14 Oct 2025
Launch coverage of SpaceX's 11th Starship flight test, flying Starship 38 and Super Heavy B15.2.
Mission: 2025Published: 29 Sep 2025
SpaceX's Starship tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
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