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Super Heavy

The Super Heavy booster B7 during testing at the Starship launch site in Texas, February 2023.

Photo: Mobilus In Mobili / CC BY-SA 2.0

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  1. Starship Flight 1: Pad Cleared, Then Tumble Ended the Test

    SpaceX
  2. Starship Booster 9 Static Fire: 2.74 Seconds, Four Engines Out

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

    SpaceX
  4. Super Heavy’s 33 Raptors vs Saturn V’s Five F1 Engines Explained

    Curious Droid
  5. Starship Flight 5: Super Heavy Booster Caught on First Attempt

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

    The Launch Pad
  7. Starship Flight 11: Hot Staging, V3 Booster Landing Burn, SECO

    The Launch Pad
  8. Starship HLS Update: 49 Milestones and a Simplified Artemis 3 Plan

    Everyday Astronaut
  9. Starship HLS: Why Landing on the Moon Needs 15+ Refueling Launches

    Everyday Astronaut
  10. Starship V3 Flight 12: Pad 2, Raptor 3, Booster 19 and Ship 39

    Everyday Astronaut
  11. Starship Flight 12: Countdown to the First V3 Launch from Pad 2

    Everyday Astronaut
  12. Starship Flight 12: First V3 Launch, Booster Loss and Engine Out

    Everyday Astronaut
  13. Starship Flight 12: Inside the Final Days Before the First V3

    SpaceX
  14. Starship Flight 13 Scrub: Booster Abort at Startup on Pad 2

    Everyday Astronaut
  15. Starship Flight 13: Booster Splashdown and Ship Orbit Insertion

    VideoFromSpace
  16. Starship Flight 13: Pad Abort Cause and 20 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Everyday Astronaut
  17. Zhuque-3 Landing, Roman Telescope Launch and SpaceX’s Louisiana Plan

    Scott Manley
  18. Why Starship V3’s Super Heavy Booster Has Only Three Grid Fins

    Everyday Astronaut
  19. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 V3 Starlink Satellites

    CNET
  20. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Deployed

    Everyday Astronaut
  21. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and Starlink V3 Deployment

    The Space Race
  22. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit, 26 Starlink V3s and an Early Return

    Scott Manley
  23. Starship Flight 14: Orbit, 26 Starlink V3 Satellites, Early Deorbit

    NASASpaceflight
  24. Starship Flight 14: Sun Transit, Booster Descent and FTS Blast

    NASASpaceflight
  25. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Beyond The Space
  26. Starship Flight 14: How V3 Reached Orbit and Deployed 26 Satellites

    Curiously Brief
  27. Starship Flights 1 to 14: How Build-Fly-Fail-Fix Reached Orbit

    Beyond Liftoff
  28. Starship’s 33 Raptor Engines: Four Reasons Behind Super Heavy

    Celebrity Files
  29. How Starship’s Tower Catches Super Heavy: Flight 5 and After

    look what's inside
  30. Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

    Farzad

Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

Farzad

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All the videos

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

    Launch coverageThe Launch Pad · 15:43

    Mission: Starship Flight 8 (2025)

  2. Starship Flight 13: Booster Splashdown and Ship Orbit Insertion

    Launch coverageVideoFromSpace · 9:38

    Mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)

  3. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and Starlink V3 Deployment

    Mission explainerThe Space Race · 14:39

    Mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)

  4. Starship Flight 12: Inside the Final Days Before the First V3

    DocumentarySpaceX · 34:16

    Mission: Starship Flight 12

  5. Starship Flight 5: Super Heavy Booster Caught on First Attempt

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 3:29

    Mission: Starship Flight 5 (2024)

  6. Starship Flight 1: Pad Cleared, Then Tumble Ended the Test

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 53:21

    Mission: Starship Flight 1 (2023)