Blastoff! SpaceX Starship launches to space on 3rd integrated test flight

SpaceX launched Starship on its Integrated Flight Test 3 from their Starbase facility in South Texas on March 14, 2024. Full Story: www.space.com/spacex-starship...
Credit: SpaceX

[@nathanmasi1931]

Am not ashamed to admit that watching spacex reach this milestone with starship brought a tear to my eye...

[@The1QwertySky]

dont be, everyone who understands what kind of achievment this is did, me too

[@alexandrumuraru775]

You’re not the only one, This is big!

[@lattehour]

the other eye was of Kim Jong

[@strazzafurniture]

Same!!

[@nisun4231]

You are not the only one😂

[@rconger24]

Am an old man. Hearing those young people chant the count-down reminds me of when I was young during the Apollo program ! What a thrill!

[@jshepard152]

I'd like to have had Jules Bergman to narrate.

[@wjksea]

It’s a private insider corporation.

[@jerry-xi4gi]

yeah fooled twice in your lifetime...duh

[@triopical6884]

@@jerry-xi4gi the earth is a donut

[@jshepard152]

@@triopical6884 It is, for those who go through life dumb as a donut.

[@jupiterbjy]

No long boring fillers, just directly to countdown, just what I wanted!

[@gwcrispi]

Everyone in the world wants to see that booster hit the ocean at 1100 KPH.

[@kirkhoxie9577]

YES!!!!!!

[@jerry-xi4gi]

gee ..you "really" like a bit of CGI with your cognitive dysonance don't you ?

[@chartphred1]

I bet that splat from the booster hitting the ocean at speed would have been phenomenal, video footage of that alone would be gold

[@michaelbuckers]

Yeah it went in like a rod while going supersonic, and it's an extremely large space vessel.

[@The1QwertySky]

Yeah, starship going 8km/s or 26,000kmh into the water, that would be amazing to see

[@wbr7869]

Sure hope there wasn’t any whales anywhere near by!!!!

[@felixgonzalez5126]

I believe they cleared them out prior to splashdown

[@Rememberwhen201]

Does anyone know if they will recover the booster?

[@bwnco]

I watch the shepherd launch when I was like 4 years old with my grandma and now to see this I get chills and tears every time I see this it blows me away❤❤❤

[@jshepard152]

Cousin Al was the best.

[@davewarrender2056]

I'm old enough to remember watching the first shuttle launch and the appolo launch on an old reel to reel , seeing this footage was excellent.

[@jcf20010]

I remember watching the launch of Apollo 15 in person.

[@CaptainCensorship]

Apollo😂😂 u where watching hollywoods finest🎉

[@tgstudio85]

@@CaptainCensorship Sure kiddo, specially when people watched it live and many people and observatories with telescopes tracked Apollo rockets thru most of it's journey.

[@tgstudio85]

@@CaptainCensorship Trolls like you kiddo are amusing and funny. It's reassuring to know you are just a kid trying to troll, because your real life sucks.

[@davewarrender2056]

@CaptainCensorship I wer born 71 , my god parents watched live in three US. brought back a celebratory reel to reel of launch tower footage on take off , footage from the official visual tracker, footage and audio from the moon , and the splash down and recovery of the guys.

[@michaelstone2156]

This was so a magnificent launch !!!

[@Debbie-jl8jw]

I agree

[@alonenjersey]

You got that right!!

[@daniel4412]

It failed. Elon musk is a alt right con artist- the new Elizabeth Holmes.

[@user-ue3wt7kb1b]

Re-entry not so good. Lost it during Re-entry. Surprise surprise

[@sweetdaddySoCali]

next time​@@user-ue3wt7kb1b

[@Maky-vo7qs]

Magnificent test flight, that plasma during re entry was amazing.

[@JasonlaroseLaRose]

If women ran the government, do you think rockets would be shaped different?

[@daa5249]

@@JasonlaroseLaRose Depends, do you mean trans women or real women?

[@UnitSe7en]

There wasn't any plasma. Love your imagination, though.

[@carcinogen60yearsago]

​@@UnitSe7en What was it then? Genius...

[@bobbytailor]

@@UnitSe7en In y our opinion, what is the pink haze that surrounds the ship during reentry?.. Probably colored dust, right?

[@lsbrad]

It appears that Earth is indeed round. Sorry, flat earthers. 🤷‍♂️

[@topseykretts251]

I was thinking the same thing.Of course they'll just say "it's CGI from NASA to trick us into believing Earth is round."Like it's some big conspiracy and actually matters as much as they want it too.

[@Darth_Revan25]

They'll still manage to come up with some "logic" 💀

[@allanhylke]

And the no stars situation. 🤔🤣@@Darth_Revan25

[@Coach_cesar]

Fish eye lens mongrel

[@ThamiumOne]

​@@Coach_cesar- Except human eyes aren't fish eye lenses. It's closing in on 800 people from at least 12 nations who have seen it first hand. That doesn't even count the thousands who flew the Concorde, or other extreme high altitude aircraft. It's even slightly noticeable from regular passenger flights. Give it up, already.

[@eurojackpotter]

The improvement was extreme. The flight was incredible. The re-entry footage is unbelievable.

[@DailyInsiderTips2030]

Unbelievable. Great lessons to learn from this test. Nothing is impossible. Congrats SpaceX

[@nathanmasi1931]

Ever since these great innovators started testing starship integrated flights; it started to deeply reflect on my own life and all the things that I am scared of attempting because I am afraid I'll but look at what they accomplished today! So Inspirational...

[@flipflopski2951]

@@nathanmasi1931 they almost opened a garage door in almost space... yeah... inspirational...

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

​@@flipflopski2951says the person who couldnt even get to space

[@flipflopski2951]

@@Alucard-gt1zf I watched the Apollo moon landing in third grade though... an actual rocket that actually went to the moon as opposed to Elon Musk vaporware.

[@carcinogen60yearsago]

​@@flipflopski2951 Vaporware that NASA has chosen for a lunar lander. If you think you have better judgment than NASA, then go right ahead.

[@scottstewart5784]

SpaceX flies and fails, fixes what fails, flies again, gets further along and fails, etc Lather, rinse, repeat until you get to the Moon and Mars. Refreshing and very effective.

[@CommercialsandMiscellaneous]

Well said.

[@richardcoughlin8931]

How many test launches is there funding for?

[@scottstewart5784]

@@richardcoughlin8931 I don't know how many are planned, and the budget is likely whatever it takes, to a point. They're printing money with Falcon 9's re-use, and by the super-cheap launch costs for StarLink. Plus, the issue with the launches isn't the cost - they have an inventory of boosters and ships, and engines won't be cost prohibitive or a schedule challenge, to a point. The real cost is they only have so many test launches available, because of time, so they "spend" one with every launch.

[@LahrySibley]

I was there to watch it go up. I've seen all 3 of them launch. Just an incredible thing to take in. Love it.

[@captaincurd2681]

You are lucky. ❤

[@pencilme1n]

Impressive progress. It's possible that within 5-10 years we could get back to where we were in the 1960's

[@oliverstephens6988]

Hmmmmmm really in 5 to 10 years it's possible to get back to where we were in the 1960s shit I hope your taking the piss and that I don't have to ask you to go back and read exactly what you yourself wrote down and get you to have a real long hard think about it

[@lukedaymusic4585]

😂

[@donsemo4804]

Thanks to Space X for renewing the public interest in space exploration. This is amazing to watch something like the Starship blast off, reach orbit and re-enter Earth atmosphere without a hitch.

[@graysoceanworld5662]

This happened while I was in class . It was much better than test flights 1 and 2! I thought the ship did not survive the test flight until I saw that the ship was still going. I even watched the ship reenter the atmosphere and I was super excited!

[@jatigre1]

Looks like the booster may have ran out of fuel prior to splash down and Starship appeared to be tumbling in space with no reaction thrusters, it seemed to be pointing in the wrong direction during re entry.

[@tombambauer5220]

That view seeing the ship flying away from the booster is epic.

[@buliameenoladayo3074]

This crop of engineers at SpaceX should be immortalized in the Golden book of history . You guys are super earthlings. Mad respect to you.

[@Leo_Henry]

Today, the hearts of space exploration enthusiasts beat faster as the SpaceX team made history with the successful completion of the Starship's 3rd Integrated Flight. It's incredible to be a part of this journey and witness this project go from concept to reality. Thank you for the excitement, and see you on the next flight! ♥️🚀💯

[@austinzizzi1142]

Third times the charm

[@marc9080]

BOOM! JOKE

[@aaronbenton4921]

If you go watch the FULL video of this , Just after this one cuts off there are moths flying in the camera in SPACE lol

[@The1QwertySky]

@@aaronbenton4921 mind of a 3y old, 🤣

[@davidsau1304]

I saw Mars twice in my lifetime or maybe it was Jupitar with the naked eye, $900 dollar question, how far is it really anyways between earth and mars orbit and is it true USA military had sent 300 personnel already way back in the days?

[@ginagina5452]

Congratulations Starship.🎉 Happy Birthday SpaceX!!!🚀🎉

[@strazzafurniture]

Tears are welling up, bravo to the amazing humans that pulled this off! 👏👏

[@eddymahon1503]

Imagine where we would be if the USA, China and Russia worked together? Humans would have visited the moons of Saturn by now.

[@strazzafurniture]

@@eddymahon1503 so true!!

[@god8348]

@@eddymahon1503 I wish, imagine all the technology

[@whoisjuliano]

@@eddymahon1503 and add this, Elon Musk can be the guy who changes this forever.

[@abcdefg91111]

@@eddymahon1503the leaders are incompetent and so is Elon.

[@classicman1593]

After playing this back a few times. It seems the Booster actually made it to the water without exploding it just came in too fast. That's progress

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

A couple of the raptors did relight, but did not stay lit long to slow the vehicle much at all.

[@baldmista1907]

I’m excited for the future of space x, each failure that space x has is a little more informations to go off of the next flight. Space x is going to be crucial for future space explorations.

[@bobbylashleysheadband6502]

Oh seeing that rocket launch made me geek out. Glad I live near the launch as I saw it launch! Beautiful sight

[@maharshiparekh5813]

Congratulations to spacex team....Congratulations to humanity ⚡️⚡️⚡️🔱

[@brandonlanois1734]

Thank you!

[@dipladonic]

Beautiful.

[@youngatwista]

This does nothing for humanity. I just held the door open for a lady and she looked at me with a frown on her face instead of smiling with a thank you. The launch doesn't change mean people and aholes. Good launch tho

[@maharshiparekh5813]

@@andybrugman3619 Think about your children.....it'll change theirs......

[@mylittleelectron6606]

It was surreal to watch the live launch on my tablet in the grocery store. I was stricken with bouts of nervousness, excitement and relief while viewing others go about their tedious shopping routines, seemingly unaware of the incredible events unfolding. Uncharacteristically, I disconnected my airpods and turned up the volume for all to hear.

[@shawnbailey.parkie7585]

Simply amazing!! Great job Space X team!! What a big step forward from IFT-2!!

[@ravensrevenge7245]

Plasma has never looked so beautiful. I actually was playing the track Shenzou from Gravity during the reentry.

[@marsspacex6065]

Man SpaceX is progressing so fast its insane at this rate we will be on the moon and mars in no time.

[@ukrainefighter2456]

Hey marsspacex, when you do you think we could start seeing humans back to the moon again? We haven’t been there since 1972. Like what year specifically?🤔hopefully sooner, and what about mars?

[@iani_2020]

You'll not see humans on moon and mars in your life. Dreamers😂

[@ukrainefighter2456]

@@iani_2020 shut up dude! Why are you soo full or doubt. MARK my words your gonna be eating your words when we get there. 😤

[@backseatgaming9087]

hahahahahaha!

[@cookaboi9039]

@@iani_2020I mean, we’ve done it before. So moon is definitely happening

[@user-hp1gn5mg7c]

3rd time is a charm. Always impressive to see something that big launched.

[@triage2962]

And they failed oh well the engines did not go out and they opened a door... but that was after they lost control over everything and starship was just a tumbeling bullet with a camera.🤣

[@LiamPretorius-zy3np]

@@triage2962wow, for someone smart enough to tell wether someone else’s stuff is a success or failure, your grammar is amazing! I can just about successfully read that mess!

[@josephmelton4721]

@@LiamPretorius-zy3npKaren alert

[@corey2232]

@@josephmelton4721^ dumbass alert

[@grinningpinhead3961]

​@@triage2962 oh it's true!! No point in denying it or claiming any shred of advancement. This was clearly the worst failure in space history because they were missing a vital component to the whole attempt. They simply didn't have your expert knowledge and fine advice on how to do it properly. That entire giant team of seasoned engineers and actual rocket science experts were always doomed to fail because they didn't have you onboard from the start. If elon musk ever cared about the future of human space flight he would hand over spacex to you right now.

[@lincslad54]

Watched the moon landing on a black and white tv ,i shouted my mum and dad quick come and watch its never failed to amaze me well done all.

[@fepatton]

Should be lots of good data coming out of this. Looks like the control loops on reentry for both booster and ship need a bit of tuning. Next time! As a child of the Apollo era, I love seeing this come to fruition.

[@toddmoore5275]

It’s enough to make a guy very emotional What a significant milestone today The whole world is seeing OUR SYSTEM WORKS Thank you to every Single person who Helped in any way IT TAKES TEAMWORK TO MAKE STARSHIP FLY. Teamwork is not a particular strength of my So seeing my dreams come true I simply I MUST THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND OCP TOO TWM

[@janetollson7439]

Wow, wow! Amazing. I’m so happy and fortunate to have had a tour of the Space X site in 2023. I feel like I’m actually there. Phenomenal!!! I look forward to future launches!

[@fuzzlestick]

I get chills (in a good way) every time I watch one of these spacex launches. Absolutely amazing.

[@Kevin-hb7yq]

Way to go team SpaceX!! Happy Pi day!

[@TheGamingMotionTGM]

3.14 is 14 March, damn it is making sense

[@rconger24]

π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π

[@esthermedellin8283]

Congratulations Spacex!! I heard no noise or felt no trembling. I live in Brownsville!!And now to Mars!!

[@MMCSOUND]

The realy future has began with this significant flight. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX Team.

[@Debbie-jl8jw]

It was a great launch!!!

[@terrymichael5821]

Congrats SpaceX, a major test victory.

[@leokimvideo]

So incredible i'm crying

[@donkey3187]

man up

[@KathyKate100]

Not acting so happy as to cry but I am so happy I am smilling at a time in my life when there is little to make me smile like I am now.

[@user-im5lr3fr3v]

I just wanted to say congratulations to all space X and having an amazing launch! good job TEAMWORK MAKES DREAM WORK! congratulations!

[@dstv1016]

Nice curve of the earth with no dome limit.

[@briana.obenhaus4548]

Wonder what the flat earthers will say about the curve of the Earth ?

[@deborahdoyle9723]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ernestgalvan9037]

@@briana.obenhaus4548..what will they say? “Lens artifacts “ “CGI” “Space-Time Distortions”

[@filonin2]

@@ernestgalvan9037 "Perspective" "parallax" "You're a witch!"

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

​@@briana.obenhaus4548let them just be fools.

[@PeterJCalkins]

The onboard views of hotstaging were amazing. It looks like CSI Starbase's theory that the grid fins actuated before staging was correct. Stunning!

[@rd9831]

The best launch and stage seperation, text book perfect. God speed for next launch.

[@shaihuludthe8th]

Kudos to the engineers who made this happen!

[@invensys834]

That plasma footage PLEASE

[@MarcosRodrigues-zg6nz]

UNBELIEVABLE

[@klink708]

Your right!

[@user-nr7rg5jj3f]

在一个外行看来，这是一次完美的发射，牛逼！感谢伟大的科学家们，来自中国的赞美👍

[@RonanHarkins-xk5zz]

Thanks friend!

[@jacobdavidcunningham1440]

Damn I always get goosebumps when people chant the countdown, hell yeah

[@virginiamike3343]

Makes me So proud that someone, edge of the bell curve, who immigrated he could do all of the things he has done. So Proud!

[@markissboi3583]

Just Beautiful to watch SpaceX

[@claudetteaugier2712]

Omg! How incredibly spectacular!!! 😮

[@sinsitisquid]

Hearing that crowd when the engines kick on is awesome!! Space x brought us to new levels

[@vinyllpreviews9462]

I couldn't imagine working on a project like this and watching it. Probably feels like hitting a grand slam game 7 of the World Series.

[@shaneclark7383]

I know nothing about rocket science but I love watching Space X. 12 minutes of testing and we've literally made history in space exploration.

[@josephgibbons1631]

A step forward but with vehicle breakup there continues to be test flight failures. Long way to go before they put people onboard. Great onboard pics and hats off to SpaceX for being transparent about both success and failures. This seems to be the new agile approach to testing where engineers learn from in-flight failures. Where did the debris fall?

[@windrose5988]

I believe over the indian ocean, since that's where they'd planned to have splashdown if their engine relight had gone to plan, can't imagine it would have made enough of a change to take it away from that general region.

[@dipladonic]

When you look at this and the good that free civilization is capable of, then you look at what many other parts of the world are up to, it makes you wonder when/how/why it went wrong for many countries.

[@MusbCrazy80]

I came home from school early and I missed this so I'm so happy I got to see because they were watching it

[@rajasekar937]

Well done Job #space x team

[@ScienceChap]

Absolutely astounding.

[@kovacsattila8993]

4:10 "I need a moment to pick my jaw up from the floor." Wow, that line was so authentic.

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

I just love how energetic the crowd at Inglewood was

[@larsesilen]

Congratulations!

[@rickgotner7596]

Proud to be a human being today!

[@georgejabboury1139]

That was incredible! The blastoff was so good.

[@bobbarclay316]

I watched every Mercury launch on TV, usually in school. So Zim an old dude. This was the most fantastic first hand eyewitness launch I have ever seen.

[@jshepard152]

Was Al Shepard's launch shown live?

[@ZuZuu-tl6uv]

It failed but it is better than IFT-2❤ Go spaceX🎉🎉

[@outlaw565]

You don’t understand at all, this is not failure, its feedback.

[@user-uo9nv9zf7j]

that's a win for humanity

[@JustinAndersonCinderusX]

Congrats to SpaceX. Huge progress, my hat goes off to you and your team.

[@C1DIP]

I’m so sad I missed this one live. When they reached low orbit and separated from the booster I teared up… 4 years in the making. Beautiful.

[@finderskeepers5343]

Truly amazing human accomplishment!

[@user-uc4wj5nk6u]

о, скажите мне, пожалуйста, первая ступень разбилась или так и было задумано, что она приземлится на скорости около 1000 км/ч?

[@darandomator4010]

This was amazing to see live. And the best part is, you don't know what's going to happen next... And I also find it funny that today was the 22nd Anniversary of SpaceX's founding. Nine days before I was born.

[@williamgreene4834]

The booster " landing " at 1,100 kph must have made quite the bang. :)

[@nigelgriffiths5747]

Congratulations to space x this is just wow awesome amazing mine bodling.🤸‍♀️😜🐎🤪🧐😇🤭👍

[@chrislong3938]

Just awesome!!! I think it splashed apart right next to MH-370... I got goosebumps at 7:37! Watching it go through that cloud layer hit me good for some reason. Maybe the sense of speed...

[@stormysyndrome7043]

Been 2 months already? Man, feels like last week. Time is flat out flying.

[@johnwick5894]

The heaviest vehicle ever to fly and it was beautiful Will never tire of seeing this The day the chopsticks catch that thing will be a day long remembered

[@charlesodell7066]

This is Awesome! Where are the flat earthers at?

[@danstrayer111]

at a Trump rally

[@scupking]

The amount of progress between the 3 flights is amazing!

[@dpcnreactions7062]

Congrats to SpaceX for a fantastic launch and separation.

[@curtbro100]

this one gave me goosebumps, well done SpaceX

[@Swiffland25]

Wunderbar, einfach wunderbar ❤

[@lonnybush5612]

I want to see the warp nacelles pop out next.😛

[@10HDFLHX]

And "Magic Carpet Ride" blaring!!

[@peteyca]

EVERYONE at SpaceX are LIVING LEGENDS💯

[@jsweizston5410]

Wow, I'm blown away at how at only 3rd test flight and they worked out maybe not all but most of the kinks. Well done SpaceX! USUSUS

[@GigaPlus]

Good job👍

[@on2vhf83]

Amazing ❤

[@ptech88]

It wasnt that long ago the first starship trash cans were testing. Can’t believe how fast they get things done. I love it

[@mikeperr8701]

Amazing flight, congratulations to an amazing comeback.

[@user-ez7sn4vp5e]

Amazing

[@user-dx9yv8er4p]

Awesome!!!

[@sinjofin1]

What a fantastic job all of you have done , well done and thank you for sharing all of this.

[@justinsick5083]

Im not a super space nerd (no offense) But something about Starship has me in awe. Watching the tests, fails, milestones is all amazing. from the first starship launch, to the first landing now to this. THIS IS incredible!!!

[@111danish111]

What happens to the starship seems like the fuel will be gine soon ? and the booster will it be recovered ?

[@rodrigolefever2426]

Tje bosster got destroyed

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Starship probably did not survive reentry perhaps the TPS failed. That will be determined later. The booster couldn't keep its landing engines firing also for unknown reasons so it could not slow its descent so it probably broke up as well.

[@111danish111]

@michaeldeierhoi4096 thanks that has to be a big loss for the company. Do you think the booster sank in the ocean ? It must have disintegrate at least partially as it slammed into the water and some parts of the starship too probably floating on the ocean.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@111danish111 Its not really a big loss for Space X because relative to a completed SLS Starship is much cheaper. And yes what's left of starship will sink to the bottom eventually. Sure that's the loss of 39 raptors for each flight, but again given how much cheaper each rocket is not a great loss.

[@111danish111]

​@michaeldeierhoi4096 I'm hoping for the next test both the booster and starship perform successfull soft splash down maybe some small dummy payload delivery too which raises me a question wouldn't they need a larger drone ship from ITF 5 or 6 onwards ?

[@fat-moses4385]

Epic

[@Rasta_124]

My lord thanks to all of those guys putting in real work for humanity

[@davidhopkins1199]

Wow, simply amazing! Congratulations SpaceEx!

[@unityxg]

Congratulations new generation. This is YOUR Saturn V rocket.