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Starship reentry and landing 6 June 2024

Jun 6, 2024

For the fourth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, SpaceX used a Super Heavy rocket booster to launch a Starship upper stage, from Starbase in Texas, on 6 June 2024, at 12:50 UTC (07:50 CDT).. Approximately one hour and 5 minutes after launched, Starship performed a landing burn aim to test a controlled Starship reentry.

 

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Article "SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Successfully Completes 1st Return From Space"
The company achieved a key set of ambitious goals on the fourth test flight of a vehicle that is central to Elon Musk’s vision of sending people to Mars.

by Kenneth Chang
June 6, 2024

 

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Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 13 October 2024

Oct 13, 2024

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s fifth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 13 October 2024, at 12:25 UTC (07:25 CDT). According to SpaceX, “the primary objectives will be attempting the first ever return to launch site and catch of the Super Heavy booster and another Starship reentry and landing burn, aiming for an on-target splashdown of Starship in the Indian Ocean”.

 

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Starship reentry and landing, 13 October 2024

Oct 13, 2024

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s fifth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 13 October 2024, at 12:25 UTC (07:25 CDT).Approximately one hour and 5 minutes after launch, Starship performed a landing burn aiming for an on-target splashdown of Starship in the Indian Ocean.

 

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Article "In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad"
SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket

by Marcia Dunn
October 13, 2024

 

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Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 19 November 2024

Nov 20, 2024

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s sixth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 19 November 2024, at 22:00 UTC (16:00 CST). According to SpaceX, objectives of the flight test include “the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean”.

 

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Starship reentry and landing, 19 November 2024

Nov 20, 2024

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s sixth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 19 November 2024, at 22:00 UTC (16:00 CST). Approximately one hour and 5 minutes after launch, Starship performed a landing burn aiming for an on-target splashdown of Starship in the Indian Ocean.

 

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Article "SpaceX launched Starship for the sixth time but canceled the highly-anticipated 'chopsticks' maneuver minutes after lift-off"

by Morgan McFall-Johnsen and Kelsey Vlamis
November 20, 2024

 

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Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 16 January 2025

Jan 17, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s seventh flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 16 January 2025, at 22:37 UTC (16:37 CST). According to SpaceX, the flight test launched “a new generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship’s first payload deployment test, fly multiple reentry experiments geared towards ship catch and reuse, and launch and return the Super Heavy booster”.

 

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Starship launch anomaly, 16 January 2025

Jan 17, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s seventh flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 16 January 2025, at 22:37 UTC (16:37 CST).Approximately 8 minutes into the flight test, SpaceX lost communications with the seventh Starship test vehicle. According to SpaceX, the flight test launched “a new generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship’s first payload deployment test, fly multiple reentry experiments geared towards ship catch and reuse, and launch and return the Super Heavy booster”.

 

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Videos on social media show Starship debris streaming across the sky

Jan 17, 2025

Videos circulating on social media show fragments of the Starship rocket breaking apart in the sky above the Turks and Caicos. SpaceX confirmed on X, stating, "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn.

 

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Article "SpaceX catches Starship booster a second time, loses ship to an ‘anomaly’ in space"

by Sean O'Kane
January 16, 2025

 

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Article "SpaceX's Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert"

by Joey Roulette
January 17, 2025

 

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Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 6 March 2025

Mar 7, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s eighth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 6 March 2025, at 23:30 UTC (17:30 CST). According to SpaceX, the flight test is intended to “fly the same suborbital trajectory as previous missions and will target objectives not reached on the previous test, including Starship’s first payload deployment and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the upper stage to the launch site for catch”, as well as “the launch, return, and catch of the Super Heavy booster”.

 

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Starship launch anomaly, 6 March 2025

Mar 7, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s eighth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 6 March 2025, at 23:30 UTC (17:30 CST). Approximately 8 minutes into the flight test, SpaceX lost communications with the eighth Starship test vehicle. According to SpaceX, the flight test is intended to “fly the same suborbital trajectory as previous missions and will target objectives not reached on the previous test, including Starship’s first payload deployment and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the upper stage to the launch site for catch”, as well as “the launch, return, and catch of the Super Heavy booster”.

 

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Article "SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time"

by Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles
March 6, 2025

 

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Starship launch and Super Heavy failed landing, 27 May 2025

May 28, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s ninth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 27 May 2025, at 23:30 UTC (18:30 CDT). According to SpaceX, “the Starship upper stage will repeat its suborbital trajectory and target objectives not reached on the previous two flight tests” and the Super Heavy booster will attempt several flight experiments “while on a trajectory to an offshore landing point in the Gulf of America and will not return to the launch site for catch”.

 

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Starship uncontrolled reentry, 27 May 2025

May 28, 2025

A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s ninth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 27 May 2025, at 23:30 UTC (18:30 CDT). According to SpaceX, during the ninth flight test “Starship upper stage will repeat its suborbital trajectory and target objectives not reached on the previous two flight tests, including the first payload deployment from Starship and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the vehicle to the launch site for catch”. Approximately 40 minutes after launch, Starship lost attitude control and performed an uncontrolled re-entry over the Indian Ocean.

 

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Article "SpaceX's Ninth Starship Test Flight Delivers Mixed Results"
The largest, most powerful launch vehicle ever built is meant to be a key part of SpaceX’s plans to send humans to Mars—and NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon, too

by Gayoung Lee
May 28, 2025

 

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Starship update with Elon Musk 2025

May 30, 2025