Starship Flight Test

Starship gave us quite a show during today’s first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas.
At 8:33 a.m. CT, Starship successfully lifted off from the orbital launch pad for the first time. The vehicle cleared the pad and beach as Starship climbed to an apogee of ~39 km over the Gulf of Mexico - the highest of any Starship to-date. The vehicle experienced multiple engines out during the flight test, lost altitude, and began to tumble. The flight termination system was commanded on both the booster and ship. As is standard procedure, the pad and surrounding area was cleared well in advance of the test, and we expect the road and beach near the pad to remain closed until tomorrow.
With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and we learned a tremendous amount about the vehicle and ground systems today that will help us improve on future flights of Starship.
Thank you to our customers, Cameron County, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement. And congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting first flight test of Starship!

[@ReveredDead]

Want to be mind blown? Remember we just witnessed the equivalent of a 40 story building take off, reach max Q and then twist and tumble numerous times going at incredible G's. All that force and the thing stayed intact until the auto destruct went off. That rocket is an absolute beast. Seriously SpaceX you guys have made history today. Thank you.

[@jasonguest8751]

lol. patricipation trophies for everyone.

[@spacesurfer2450]

Agreed, the flips were spectacular! I’m sure no one expected to clear that stress test

[@stevejohnson4127]

Hey Sunborn: Apparently you have no reference of history as Pres. Kennedy gave the challenge to get someone on the moon --- less than a decade it happened with less technology than what your old flip phone had. Perspective is everything. An explosion as a rocket tumbles in the atmosphere is only a failure.

[@last5902]

@@jakub17 back then it wasnt made to flip and come back intact, not to mention the amount of stress the structure experienced is just beyond anything and it still didnt go boom. Not to mention its still a first flight, how is it not impressive?

[@J-_-S]

@@last5902 he cant answer, because he knows he's out of reality reach lmao

[@RichardAgain]

46:12 That shot where we just see white dots from the engines through the clouds was amazing! Goosebumps...

[@TimRyanYpsilanti]

Oh, gads, YES! With a clean burning fuel, methane, we got to each the engines that were burning and those that were not. I am worried about the one engine of the center three that did not light; would that have been needed for the booster to land (even in this case standing up above the water.

[@jeettrivedii]

It literally looked like a spaceship decending in our atmosphere. Beautiful!!!

[@bstozek]

you tuned out a little too soon

[@imamfauzi1101]

​@@jeettrivedii everything on this starship is amazing

[@itsjduff]

@@bstozekThink it was a pretty excellent attempt.

[@Danvito13]

I have a piece of the heat shield tile from this launch sitting proudly on my shelf. One of my favourite items in history.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Lucky! I still have a piece of FONDAG with a rebar imprint in it though!

[@redrooster303]

That ship is strong. To be able to stay in one piece for that long while spinning at thousands of KMPH is crazy.

[@MadStyle1911]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@h.cedric8157]

I had the same thoughts too. That's a good thing for reusability!

[@vendettazadonbass3169]

there are still literate people left. from russia with love)))

[@Assywalker]

At 35+ km of altitude, air density is at ~0.5% of sea level, though.

[@hksp]

space takeover donut sideshow

[@SeresHotes25]

44:53 - Countdown 47:50 - KSP veterans already know where it's going 49:03 - Rapid unscheduled disassembly

[@O5Councilor]

Fr all my hours in ksp finaly paid off

[@Cavencyedits]

Bro what happened in last can you tell me please as i can hear them properly

[@crowe6961]

>KSP veterans Staging issues and loss of aerodynamic stability near max Q? Say it ain't so!

[@velfare]

@@Cavencyedits fail separation --> rapid unscheduled disassembly

[@slavaukrainisfs8238]

​@@O5Counciloryeah. Ferram aerospace redux prepared us RO users for what was coming 😅

[@upforellie]

Literally if I have had an absolutely atrocious day. Like feeling so bad about everything- I re-watch this. There's something so cool about forgetting everything wrong with the Earth for 2 minutes by listening and watching people get excited for a skyscraper doing backflips above the planet. I've never left this video without being excited for the future of everything.

[@pax3974]

And this, plus some Carl Sagan. Helps to put things into perspective. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGHHkHqMqpKIY6c

[@fluffylittlebear]

I agree, friend. I must make a correction though. This is not a skyscraper, it's a SpaceX Starship integrated with the super heavy rocket. It's a platform for sending crew and materials into orbit. It's an easy mistake to make though. Hope this helps!

[@eatyourvegetables1449]

@@fluffylittlebear Not sure if your actually serious or adding to his joke, damn you got me on this one.

[@ApexPressureWash]

Same, this is epic!

[@Drakkira]

Late reply but you put this perfectly. Things like this are what we need to see these days, it gives us hope and makes us proud of eachother. Can only hope someday soon that SpaceX isn't the sole proprietor of experiences like this, and that we can all appreciate how much spaceflight symbolizes our next step as a species.

[@kimerox2591]

at the callout "we are now flying twice the thrust of Saturn 5",i get the biggest goosebumps of my life ❤

[@SpiritualGangs]

down

[@edd4816]

@@CH-mv4mk methalox exhaust will do that. Nowhere near as bright as the glowing yellow sooty exhaust that the saturn v had

[@jaypaint4855]

“We’re flying at twice the thrust of the Saturn V headed to space

[@antimitsu]

Literal chills. Now THIS is awesome. Updooted

[@michaelhayden3253]

Watch the launch of Apollo 4! Cronkite "The building is shaking"

[@GameRiot]

Congrats to SpaceX. Unbelievable to see and witness

[@gabrieItv]

🎇🎇🧨

[@4Suspect]

buy me a vr

[@ItzChickenYall]

I can agree

[@gamingachd5636]

Give me VC

[@KpC169]

Good run

[@ihateflatearthers]

Here after IFT-3, it's incredible how strong this thing is, the fact that it can survive reentry THAT long while spinning

[@HackingHD2]

rewatching this after the second flight test and it is amazing how far the starship program has came in 6 months

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

What I love most about the liftoff is the difference in the cheering. At 45:03 you can hear the employees cheering in enthusiasm and encouragement because it’s hella awesome to see their creation finally coming to life. But it’s at 45:10 that the cheers turn to yells of triumph as the vehicle actually achieves liftoff. Up until that moment they had no idea if they were about to watch the world’s largest RUD event since N1, but their rocket flew, and it flew well in spite of some frankly terrible damage done to itself and everything around it. I never fail to shed a few tears when I hear them cheering for the largest rocket ever built as it leaves the pad for the first time on its very first flight test, all without instantly exploding into a million pieces. Words cannot express how incredibly rare that is to see in the history of rocketry and they ought to be damn proud of themselves for what this launch achieved.

[@RaptorPrinter]

Very proud

[@kalebbruwer]

Let's just take a moment to appreciate the quality of the stream, this is really well done

[@corneliusrupert7354]

I liked the part where the brain dead audience starts cheering after the rocket exploded.

[@ASAVSP]

@@corneliusrupert7354 They aren't brain dead lol

[@lukedaniel7669]

Given how much money they are obviously spending they could have spent an extra $500 to put the commentary team in a separate location to the whooping and hollering mob.

[@kirleyq1394]

@@corneliusrupert7354 Those "brain dead" people built the hardware and software for the rocket... They cheered because it well exceeded expectations for this test.

[@johnmackay-uq8nz]

Let's just take a moment to laugh.

[@getinthespace7715]

The fact that they could apparently lose so many engines and were still capable of liftoff and sustaining the mission was very cool. That's actually great redundancy and good safety feature. Seemed like they were never able to completely shut down main engines so the starship was never allowed to separate. I can't believe the entire stack was able to flip like that without breaking in half. Can't wait to see the next one fly.

[@1985NEVETS]

Could you explain more about the flip separation? Was the plan to go horizontal then separating or a 180 or 360 then separating? This is the first I've heard about it. Either way this was a great launch for sure.

[@rajvader]

I'm wondering if the altitude telemetry on our screen was off... If correct, it seems like they were attempting meco rather low. If the stack did indeed survive multiple flips while still below 60km (aka while still in palpable atmosphere), the vehicle is indeed impressively tough.

[@luebrenj]

I mean 16 million lbs of thrust over 33 engines with minimal payload weight youncan definitely afford to lose a few :).

[@agranero6]

You can lose a few to lift off but it certainly will have an effect of reaching orbit. It seem secure for the rocket but the launchpad and immediate vicinity was almost destroyed. I don't think that van destruction was expected. Danger for those that risk their lives to reach space is expected and acceptable to a point. But not to those on land. Not to mention the fuel tanks near the launch pod that were completely damaged by the debris: to near too dangerous.

[@palpatinewasright]

The fact that the ship drifted sideways during the liftoff is of GREAT concern. That drift could have been towards South Padre island, or over the starbase complex. I think this was a narrow escape that will not be attempted again in Texas. Too many things went wrong. The FAA is going to take a very close look at this one.

[@bigdogben]

1 Year today.

[@stevengaming3689]

Yep.

[@morganoverbay8783]

Nope. Its about a month and a year....

[@TaurusSpace]

@@morganoverbay8783Read when it was posted

[@daname1491]

I honestly did not expect that it would go that high. The fact that it even lifted of the ground was a massive success itself, let alone 39km.

[@samuelkim1638]

Exactly! But many people say it's just failure. I don't think it is. Huge Advancement!

[@fork9001]

@@samuelkim1638 Perhaps the flight itself was a success, but everything else… not so much looking at the state of the launchsite.

[@krimson4626]

@@fork9001 They never expected all of it to be successful in the first place. The only objective was to see whether the Rocket would take off or not.

[@angrydoggy9170]

@@krimson4626 I’m struggling with the fact SpaceX still hasn’t constructed a decent launch pad. It’s not that big of an investment considering you don’t damage your rocket and launch site every single time.

[@CoolPersonWsp]

@@angrydoggy9170it’s a TEST!

[@zucc3271]

Gives me big KSP vibes. Love that even if the ship blows up its still seen as a success.

[@PeteSmoot]

Didn't destroy the launch pad == big win. Were those fuel tanks right next the pad? Geez, I think I'd put them at little further away.

[@sausageroll2695]

@@PeteSmoot it kinda did in a way, if you look there is now a crater under the OLM and there was concrete flying 50 meters into the air on launch

[@Galaxius2117]

@@sausageroll2695 yup. Starship has over twice the thrust of a saturn v at liftoff, even if it had some engines off at launch. It's just enough thrust to tear up its launch pad, so they may need to launch it from like a height or maybe from the ocean in order to avoid it destroying its pad.

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

When I don't check the stability of the second stage.

[@corneliusrupert7354]

We have officially entered the movie Idiocracy.

[@TrapAstronaut]

The largest flying object ever made by humanity. Clearing off the pad and passing through MaxQ is a huge success! Congratulations, onto the next one.

[@Asterra2]

I definitely didn't expect it to make it that far. I also expected 20% of S24's tiles to fall off immediately. Especially given that this was basically a throwaway test with out-of-date models that were probably destined for the scrap heap if the FAA had indicated they were going to need another month.

[@Urketadic]

how is it largest flying object lol, there are plenty of airplanes bigger than this alright alright my bad

[@BokserPerm]

"The largest flying object"? Energia-Buran would have a greater height if the stages were located the same way as here. The only difference is that the Buran and Energia was in space and Buran returned automatically to Earth. But this ship could not even separate. I hope this project will be success. But so far, I see no reason for stormy joy.

[@adamcondon1898]

@@Urketadic It's over 100 meters tall, that is longer than an A380 or any plane...and it certainly weighs more than any airplane that has ever flown. There was over 11 million pounds of propellant alone!

[@SolWake]

@@Urketadic There are not. The fuselage of the largest plane AN-225 is 6.5m (vs 9m) wide and 84m (vs 120m) long.

[@danielleriley2796]

The people who built this machine are legends. They should be so proud.

[@theturnc0at]

The journey of a hundred million miles begins with a single step. And this? Quite the stride, I must say. Mars beckons.

[@samuelkim1638]

So it is

[@fosstera]

Best comment right here

[@easysneezy]

But not in your lifetime lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

[@theturnc0at]

@@easysneezy you seem to underestimate how much we’ve progressed since the 1960s, then. With the current track we’re on, its landing on mars at the very most by 2050, which lies well within my own lifetime

[@easysneezy]

@theturnc0at 😑 sure...........

[@theceohq]

I was shouting at my screen in excitement during the lift-off. What a time to be alive. Congrats to the SpaceX team. Absolutely extra-ordinary being able to see history unfold live.

[@bryanmacagnan4331]

PQP

[@barnabuskorrum4004]

Shame Elon did all the work right??? RIGHT???

[@notadog7221]

Cant wait for more tests?

[@DevelopianXEditz]

Same

[@bal20]

@@MohsinSyed2 not really a waste is it. The 50 million people driving to Macdonald's in a V8 pickup is a waste, not this

[@cooperfoster2613]

Starship Launch Timestamps: T-30 Seconds 44:34 Go For Launch 44:35 T-15 Seconds 44:49 T-10 Seconds 44:54 T-5 Seconds 44:59 Engine Ignition 45:02 TO/ Liftoff!!! 45:10 Stage 0 Clear 45:19 Pitching Downrange 45:26 Max-Q 46:23 Attempted MECO 47:54 Scheduled Stage Sep 48:02 Starship is tumbling 48:22 B7 FTS Detonation 49:03 S24 FTS Detonation 49:06 This was history and they got a lot of data from this launch. The future is bright and I can't wait to see Starship fly again!!

[@analogjuan]

Do you know what time is “Starship is go for launch” ?

[@cooperfoster2613]

@@analogjuan I will update the timestamp. It’s hard to hear with the cheering but I will check!

[@cooperfoster2613]

@@analogjuan Alrighty fixed that up for you!

[@IM2MERS]

​@@cooperfoster2613 You must have worked in customer service the way you handled that petty bull

[@kepler656]

​@@IM2MERS Or, you know, it doesnt take much effort to just be nice and help out.

[@spondoolie6450]

That massive fuselage took the stress of going 1,800 km/h while doing flips in the atmosphere? That's actually impressive.

[@genebarnes2679]

Thats what i said! Stages held together a little too good!!

[@sam510938764]

Simp

[@alexanderea99]

Yes. It means it's proven as structurally viable.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

It was mostly clear of atmosphere. otherwise, yes, it would have decentegrated before the self destruct/abort switch was thrown. No material on the planet can take the sideways pressure of a 1200mph atmosphere.

[@bullywife]

Wrong.... Max Q had already passed. People here are experts so it seems.

[@dunbarautomotive]

Ift-3 has just flown last Thursday morning, just epic.

[@sacresula]

I think we can all agree that Booster 7 was just built different.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

How it didn’t just explode on the pad considering the damage it inflicted on itself is incredible to me

[@jaroslavb.korinek7285]

7 engines down and it STILL goes up like an angry flying walrus. I love it.

[@PrivateerJimmy]

you know it exploded, right?

[@ulyssesdamon3408]

@@PrivateerJimmy Dude can't even count to 5.. So, probably not.

[@Nothinglefttosay]

Clearly it was 6 1/2 engines

[@Marrrrrko47]

In NSF's stream you could see up to 8 engines missing i believe

[@Thomaat116]

@@PrivateerJimmy you know everything after clearing the launch pad was a huge succes right?

[@Eliasdbr]

That rocket spin was so KSP... Congratulations to SpaceX, watching Starship and SuperHeavy leave Stage 0 with such speed gave me goosebumps! Edit: KSP stands for Kerbal Space Program, a space agency simulation game

[@loco-ok5bi]

agreed from a player

[@Buggabones]

Yeah, except my rocket would have instantly exploded from aerodynamic pressure the moment it started to tilt 😆

[@RGDcommentnode]

I'm glad Jeb wasn't onboard lol

[@unadultratedtrini]

​@Buggabones I believe they got past maxq and broke into much thinner atmosphere based on the exterior camera shot with the blue black horizon line

[@Peter-dp4nd]

As a KSP player i can confirm it flew just like a KSP rocket

[@anventia]

Here rewatching this on the 1-year anniversary of this incredible first test!

[@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055]

love to look back

[@dscalculia5478]

"Everything after clearing the tower, was icing on the cake" - Such a strong statment on not to give up! Congrats SpaceX!

[@Engineer9736]

No, it’s a statement to prevent the uneducated from yelling that it’s a failure. Giving up was not a topic in the first place.

[@NozVT]

@@Engineer9736 depends how you look at it imo. it was all good untill that point that something failed but from that we learn and improve. was all the test a failure ? of course it wasnt

[@Hogger280]

A sour grapes statement. If you are unfamiliar with this reference - look up the fox and the grapes.

[@Engineer9736]

@@NozVT You didn’t get the point of my comment i think

[@aluminiumsloep]

yeah.......sadly the cake exploded...but hey....Rockets are such a novelty who can expect that SpaceX has 100% winrate.....1957 the first succesfull launch into space (Sputnik) and 1969 the Moon landing. So ye give m some "space"....

[@Ruler_034]

To be the first attempt to launch such a large and heavy spacecraft I feel obtimistic of what it can become. Thank you to all those involved in this work.

[@ellavaderknows]

I too, feel very obtimistic about what it can become.

[@nicholas2113]

Obtimistic indeed

[@fastyfoxy]

my obtimism is off the charts ❤❤

[@poison0823]

​@@ellavaderknows your future will be, you want fries with that

[@ellavaderknows]

@@poison0823 And the fries will spin around and then explode.

[@killman369547]

Despite the pad damage, i'd say this is a massive success in proving how durable a rocket can be. No other rocket i can think of could've gone through a tenth of what starship went through without immediately exploding.

[@sdani.]

Took 11 apollos to reach to moon

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

The rocket itself went far above and beyond all performance expectations. It’s proven that SpaceX’s design and construction standards are absolutely going to be the industry standard in spaceflight for decades, if not centuries to come. Now they gotta sort out how to not blow apart 4 engines on liftoff and more afterwards so they can keep the damn thing going where it’s supposed to, which is something they’ll certainly achieve given their track record with the Falcon-class rockets.

[@JavierGonzalez-dz8kv]

This is some dense copium

[@Q_Channel1]

The fact that Starship cleared the tower, survived an early explosion, then surpassed Max Q, and endured all those unusual attitude lateral forces is stunning. They surely got a lot of great data.

[@brianbarrett2487]

My kerbal ships break up after 1 flip normally. Got 4 before she went RUD.

[@TheStopwatchGod]

@@brianbarrett2487 The only minute it went RUD is because the Flight Termination System was detonated by the ground crew, destroying the vehicle

[@andrewfarrow4699]

The structural teams will be very happy that the stack held together. Pity the second stage refused to detach. Strong machine for sure.

[@royvazquez5892]

Yet the media is trying to say it was a failure. Headlines keep saying it blew up shortly after launch. Yet it managed to go up around 20 miles up

[@jgunther3398]

@@andrewfarrow4699 prob programmed not to detach under the circumstances we had here! i think the rocket is close to done now but not the pad...

[@RogerM88]

A great data to outcome from the RUD, was watching how Starship handled so many flips without losing the structural integrity.

[@C.D.J.Burton]

That's what I was thinking, impressive!

[@RogerM88]

@@C.D.J.Burton didn't get why SpaceX did the flip to stage separation instead of a roll over and disconnect procedure. Wonder if the lost engines plus the flip maneuver with a fully loaded Starship still connected to the Booster, didn't introduce unexpected data to the software, not allowing to procedure with the stage separation. Just some thoughts.

[@quentinmangel2265]

that was just amazing ! I didn't expect such strength !

[@questionmania2191]

It appeared to me that after the booster started to spin to use centrifugal to throw the ship away the engine shut down program didn't worked and so the booster just kept pushing against the ship. Anyway incredible launch just even clearing the tower was a huge win 🔥 and the flight really looked like the renders we saw

[@ToddGreenIKR]

They managed to route all auxiliary power to the structural integrity fields.

[@TylerShellHeart]

Incredible. To think about the progress they’ve made and the pace they’re moving is incredible.

[@SmedleyWarIsaRacket]

CGI is incredible ....huh?

[@Reddblue]

​@@SmedleyWarIsaRacket Your mere existence is an insult to humanity. Tell me, were the people present on the launch site seeing CGI with their own eyes in real life?

[@maulcs]

@@Reddblue Holograms, yo (or some other totally insane response). These people cannot be reasoned with, their issues go deep.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

China has a space station in low Earth orbit, landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon and a rover on Mars. It also plans to put astronauts on the moon and is targeting the lunar south pole, where NASA’s Artemis program also intends to send astronauts. Russia is finished in space. But so is the United States.

[@TAmzid2872]

@@TonyEnglandUK NASA sent most of the rovers to mars. Although to be honest other than the artemis mission not much exciting things are happening at NASA right now

[@realtalk1310]

I never get tired of watching this, this is probably my most replayed video of the year so far.

[@gsgowthaman]

vehicle intact even after 2 spins, that's nuts and unbelievable

[@jbrevet66]

Truly wild! Did you catch the in-flight abort test of crew dragon? Falcon 9 was freaking disintegrating even before they blew up the stage. I realize, very different circumstances. But that Starship probably would have stayed in one piece till she hit the ocean. God what a time to be alive. We're watching humanity stumble its way in to the cosmic ocean.

[@dannelson8556]

​@@jbrevet66 Get back to me when Musk has mayonnaise to land a man on the moon and his self-driving cars stop catching fire lol This is the biggest con job of the 20th century, musk is doing what grifters and con artists do best conning American taxpayers out of billions of dollars for promises they can never deliver

[@rawnukles]

Amazing the joint between the stages held like that. I would have expected it to break up on the first 90 degree turn against the air flow. It's tough ship.

[@ihmpall]

They didn’t keep a Bible on board and god struck it down.

[@machirim2805]

@@ihmpall God isn’t real

[@TheFifthOfNovember93]

Honestly gives me goosebumps. I want the space age to come back so badly.

[@kentslocum]

To be fair, I think we're already living in the most space-age age of all time. There's never been so many rocket launches, exploratory missions, space companies, and satellites before. And hopefully, we will soon have people back on the moon, too!

[@jphanson]

Artemis moon landing coming up

[@360Fov]

I know what you mean by 'space age', and I agree...it would be so great if events like this were big front page news....instead of the kind of things which dominate the news cycle nowadays. That said, I appreciate that I can watch a video like this; imagine there was no exploratory development like this taking place whatsoever...we'd kill to have this stuff here, and we do have it! so im grateful for that

[@rendyazha4315]

If Rusia China do Landmoon in this 2020s, US will going to mars quicklu

[@jbrevet66]

You're witnessing it. Right. Now.

[@sanderluis3652]

This is the most inspirational video ever! The perseverance, the tests, the results, and the actions taken after a "failure" to create something totally new and record-breaking, and the people involved... oh my goodness! It's just incredible!

[@sahilsheikh5651]

“Rapid unscheduled disassembly” is such a great phrase. New thing added to my vocabulary.

[@jfavignano]

Absolutely incredible!

[@xcbr4516]

Indeed!

[@awesomeman116a]

Oh hey I know you! And it really is SO incredible!!

[@SplitClassic]

Yea

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@MohsinSyed2 Leave then

[@willdmann363]

This beast is a beauty, fly or flip

[@SeboWurz]

Once in my lifetime I have to travel from Germany to the USA to experience such a launch myself. Goosebumps!

[@vdofxmel]

I'm from Florida and I have experience several rocket launch and space x it's just something I hope everybody can experience it's amazing. Good luck and we hope you make it here to see it live.

[@TysonBowman]

in person its just very mind bending...went to Cape Canavral for a flight worth it.

[@Aztesticals]

Who knows man. As rocket tech advances and other methods like spin launch become viable. Germany is a technologically advanced nation. I've actually always been surprised you guys didn't end up comming out of nowhere in the mid to late 2000s and take over the title of best rocket makers

[@andrewdoesyt7787]

@@Aztesticals yea it’s weird, Europe has a lot of engineering talent, but they don’t really build many rockets. The ariane series is good, but not anything spectacular.

[@susceptibility_]

Who is here after IFT-3 for some nostalgia?

[@astellepicly]

me

[@Roo948]

Me

[@jelmerbeats44]

Mee

[@swathimedam]

Absolutely amazing. Have been waiting for like 2 years but it finally happened. Congrats SpaceX!

[@cosmicinsane516]

Congrats to everyone at SpaceX, what an amazing milestone. Can’t wait for the next couple flight tests!

[@kwimms]

Congrats to everyone at FakeX, what an amazing milestone. Can’t wait for the next couple balloon tests!

[@williamtsmith9668]

​@@kwimms Hey mom! I'm going to grow up and be a filthy troll. 😅😂😅 👻☠️🗽💯🙏

[@excessivelivestock7678]

@@kwimms you got a vendetta against musk or something?

[@kasseomusic]

The aliens watching us must be so proud

[@user-lq6bn4oz4i]

SPACEX

[@DeutscheReich]

Seeing the progress between flight 1 and 4 is amazing

[@yeet3991y]

Happy birthday B7/S24 you will be remembered in history

[@DeSinc]

I didn't expect it to be so impressive, watching this giant heavy mass lift off so slowly from the launch pad it really gave the sense of scale in this thing. That there were 5 engines out made it go up slower than it's meant to but it really accentuated how heavy this thing really is. 29 engines could still only just get it off the pad that fast. It seriously reminded me of all the clips of the saturn V that I've seen with how large it was. Hope it's not too long before the next one goes up

[@Harbor811]

you my friend are the last person I expected to see in this comment section

[@notsomicrosoft7356]

based

[@vvvvvv-op7jb]

@@notsomicrosoft7356 on what?

[@aussiecamera]

epic

[@bruno5336]

Here before this blows up

[@jacobreuter]

The glow of the engines as it goes up...This test is just INCREDIBLE!!

[@basiccoder2166]

it literally blasted in 49:04 how it is a success?

[@ManzoorHussain-ru3jg]

@@basiccoder2166 x

[@Rahulkumar-zk3tf]

@@basiccoder2166 depends on what you call success is . This was a test flight , first one of its kind . There is no mission here except testing and gathering data . Landing could have been nice but it’s still is a win because they already said it has a lot of chances to fail and it held up very well

[@cleardrop4531]

It blew up. Useless

[@Rahulkumar-zk3tf]

@@cleardrop4531 when your newborn can’t win the olympic immediately will you call him useless ??

[@thebatman289]

"those who are crazy enought to think they can change the world... are the ones who do"

[@davejones542]

I really share in the enthusiasm of the SpaceX staff cheering and feel such emotion with them even watching it a second time when it launches. What an incredible day. Well done Spacex. Many congratulations to all!

[@adamhenry5791]

They fact that ship was doing backflips and stayed together was pretty amazing… on to the next… Good Work SpaceX 🍻

[@JoshPLewis]

It stayed together?

[@darekmistrz4364]

@@JoshPLewis It flipped 3 times before exploding. Usually rocket when angled 90 degrees to it's momentum, it would disintegrate immediately.

[@loonatic90]

​@@JoshPLewis also most probably flight termination system is what blew it apart, not even necessarily flips themselves.

[@professorgoat1099]

@@JoshPLewis yes. that explosion was them detonating the craft lmfao i swear..yall cant even explain what you have seen with your own eyes.. anyways, no other design could handle those multiple flips.. thats whats most amazing about it.

[@Buggabones]

@@JoshPLewis It stayed together from the aerodynamic pressure, yes.

[@NorasGuidetotheGalaxy]

Better than I feared, worse than I hoped -- congrats to the SpaceX team for clearing the pad with this beast!! Looking forward to the future!

[@kneekoo]

Better than I feared, worse than I hoped.

[@timzalusky]

@@kneekoo Means they can remove mass :)

[@Turbo999be]

@@kneekoo Exactly my thought when I saw this, I've seen a lot of out of control rockets and they all break apart almost instantly, here it held together even with the aero-surfaces of the Starship completely at angle with the flow of the air... amazing structural strength here. Actually I'm pretty sure that the pad flaws did damage the rocket before liftoff, there was things flying around, you can even see something flying higher than the rocket, two engines got knowked out even before clearing the pad... I'm not too much concerned by the rocket but the pad is definately flawed.

[@schlomoshekelstein908]

@NorasGuidetotheGalaxy You hoped it was going to do better than the engineers had planned for?

[@UFOpilot.]

the reason why it started spinning out of control is because rocket engines lose thrust at zero atmosphere and they have no control in that environment, in other words NO aerodynamics. PEACE.

[@bigdogben]

The most awesome thing ever. I cant wait for the second flight of the absolute BEAST!

[@BV4551Pl]

This is Honestly the America that I have always had an Image of ! Like it feels good that SpaceX and its amazing crew is the DRIVING force behind America’s future Space Race !

[@clayblaze1327]

I still can’t wrap my head around how much thrust that thing has, the Saturn 5 was and still is awe inspiring but Starship is just on another level entirely. Huge respect to the amazing humans that made this possible, looking forward to seeing where this goes!

[@newdiary6978]

​@@stevethomas-cc5lz this craft is much more bigger than saturn 5 tho

[@stephenvancedaniels]

And it only took 50 years.

[@gj9157]

​@@stephenvancedaniels Yeah how sad, we could've had a huge Lunar base by now.

[@stevethomas-cc5lz]

@@newdiary6978 apollo was 334 feet tall. This ones 390 tall. Its not that much bigger

[@bcask61]

Saturn V never blew up in flight.

[@RtB68]

The fact the booster didn't separate - after two or three full rotations at such insane speed - shows you how well put together it was. Perhaps TOO well put together.

[@souplife1]

It's too good! So good that it failed completely! Wow! Good job guys!

[@GoDodgers1]

Probably damaged during liftoff.

[@richardburger4859]

@@GoDodgers1 my money would be on a software glitch

[@Joker1531993]

too much ducktape bro

[@MikeySkywalker]

@@souplife1 it didn’t fail completely. The goal was to clear the tower. The mission was a success.

[@waterteafan9264]

Congrats Space X!! I love the Starship a lot, may this leads to better Starships to come

[@godagon97]

Who else is here in anticipation of Friday's possible launch?? MEEEE

[@NoThisIsntMyChannel]

me too!

[@GodzillaKing_1954]

November 17th 2023!!!!!!!!!

[@OmnoWombo]

This was just an amazing launch. The fact that it flew this far with a bunch of engines out. Go SpaceX!

[@user-ss5ck9cl8s]

​@ELON MUSK How do you feel, Elon Musk?

[@joe-ib1wn]

​@ELON MUSK i aint paying for twitter lil bro

[@jaypaint4855]

@@user-ss5ck9cl8shehehe EEL ON MUSK HAHA

[@zenists]

I love that the voice of launch coordinator is outlouded by the crowd in the last ten second of count down and then gave it up to the enthusiasm of the crowd. What a team!

[@Nightdreaux22647]

Yeah unlike the boring NASA broadcast. People don't even count when Artemis launch to the moon. It felt empty / flat. No hype.

[@MovedByBeauty]

Yeah. What a team.

[@Jetfixerlady]

@@Nightdreaux22647yeah it’s different when you have an audience of people watching the launch (in the same room with the announcers) that can look at the screens and say “I helped build that rocket!! It’ll probably explode, but there’s nobody on board so who cares, this is awesome!!” Versus the almost clinical announcements for Artemis, with no audience of factory employees and the red team having to go risk their lives to go tighten some bolts.

[@BunkrMan]

I cringe from the irritating laughter and voice of the presenter who seems to have been given the task of addressing retarded people.

[@somerandomgamer5527]

@@Jetfixerlady If only it didn't cost 10 billion dollars

[@ProDiamondz]

Who was here after the Starship 4th Flight? and I just couldn't believe of how far the progress they did go after flight after flight. DAMN THAT BOOSTER AND STARSHIP SPLASHDOWN THO.

[@marthajohnson2775]

That was amazing. Thank you for sharing these videos. I love this stuff! PS: The ship is beautiful.

[@Kennerad0]

In the last 6 months we've literally seen the two most powerful rockets ever built launch and take off, incredible

[@Traineddummy]

Well technically number 1 and 3 since the soviet union built a rocket more powerful than sls but it didn't get that far past the tower before it had an anomaly and exploded and since it was near the end of the cold War and they were getting less funding they never launched a second

[@randomperson1731]

@@Traineddummy N1 launched 4 times and the last time it reached a point similar to Starship (right before stage separation)

[@redrick8900]

Doesn't count if they blow up.

[@redrick8900]

@@Traineddummy Then it wasn't that powerful. Rockets that don't go anywhere don't count. The SLS is the most powerful. The Saturn 5 is second. A Redstone is more powerful than those failures.

[@interstellar_.4.]

@@redrick8900 1 = starship 2 = Saturn V 3 = N1/L3 4 = SLS Block 1

[@scottydont2549]

You can see some debris flying off from the base of the rocket right as they release it. It’s amazing this thing still went straight up with as many engines going out as they had.

[@ianrobertson3419]

There was no payload luckily to weigh it down.

[@tuberantz4676]

I believe it still has the ability to get to orbit with a few engines down. It's designed that way

[@Unmannedair]

Yeah, there's a good chance that a lot of that debris was just ice. With as cold as that thing was, it was probably methane clathrates which are a flammable form of ice. Very fun to play with. Hahaha

[@v12tommy]

That's why it has so many engines. It's designed so that engine outs don't effect it that much.

[@sasses967]

@@Unmannedair From the pictutes of the OLM we are getting rn it seems like these really were giant concrete blocks flying around like toys, the Booster literally digged its own Flame Trench lmao

[@user-ww3io9qx1b]

Congratulations, SpaceX team. I'm honored to God for giving you amazing wisdom

[@danielleriley2796]

Off the pad, cleared the tower and flying away. Not the full planned flight but for the first full stack test I think it’s a massive success.

[@CalebeOwsiany]

I'm grateful to be alive at a time when we can witness this great moment. Way to go Starship team 🚀

[@sstrick500]

That small end-view of the glowing rockets is iconic.

[@bstozek]

no hint of the impending doom

[@Zoomer30]

When I saw that view (didn't even notice the engine graphic) I thought, "wow, lots of engines out." The center engines gimbal to steer, lose to many of those and you lose control.

[@jimk8520]

@УКРАИНА ПРОСРАЛА УСЕ You wish that was true. 😂

[@stephens1393]

@УКРАИНА ПРОСРАЛА УСЕ lol, SpaceX alone made 60+ (perfectly successful) launches last year, 40 of which had reusable boosters. When you're talking industrial scale, you have to have test launches, and you'd better not waste you're time worrying about getting 100% success because you'll never get anywhere.

[@RaspySquares]

3 months and they already have the pad basically fixed and another booster loaded up for testing. Badass.

[@ihateflatearthers]

Next: spin prime/static fire, then stacking, and then LAUNCH!

[@pratyakshyt]

when is the launch@@ihateflatearthers

[@pratyakshyt]

@@ihateflatearthers okay hope that orbital test will be successful

[@ihateflatearthers]

@@pratyakshyt i'm still worried because 4 engines turned off not because of pad damage, only 2 turned off on booster 7 static fire

[@pratyakshyt]

@@ihateflatearthers also did SpaceX tell what happened to the starship during orbital test that caused that flipping and then rud

[@AaronEichinger]

just rewatched....everytime UNBELIEVABLE!!! Wow!!! Cant wait for the next try! Go SPACEX Team! Your are just amazing!!!!

[@WestCoastChomeur]

A real KSP launch ! It was awesome !

[@user-qp8jk5dj2e]

wait for next RUD?

[@billwells6810]

So proud of what was accomplished today. Brought back childhood memories of the space program in the 1960s. Strangely emotional. Keep up the good work!

[@nestorfernandez3859]

So you did not see Artemis 1 launch which actually put a spaceship in orbit to the moon?

[@ariesgarva.5210]

​@@rafakrukowski2889 😂😅🤡🤡🤡

[@ch1llspace]

@@rafakrukowski2889 Tell that to all the mfs who showed up at the local beaches.

[@dream.machine]

Awesome 😎

[@Liofa73]

Proud? Of a pointless rocket that cost billions... they couldn't even get it right. The guys in the 1960s were working with less sophisticated equipment and managed more doing calculations by hand.

[@stephaniema6313]

This was extremely inspiration and I am looking forward the next generation of Spaceflight! 🤜🥳

[@jasonsoto5273]

Incredibly impressive that it flew so well with so many engines down!!!

[@hetmanfoko]

This rocket survived insanely long in this situation. Congrats to all of SpaceX for such a great rocket!

[@_kampfkartoffel2195]

It survived becouse the air pressure is minimal at 40 km, but great Rockets arent losing 5 engines and then Crash

[@South4153]

@@_kampfkartoffel2195 why don‘t you get yourself hired by elon and fix their shitty rocket?

[@pietreks3409]

Yes, because it was at 40km and they didnt range safety it

[@aluisious]

It was surreal watching a skyscraper tumble end over end.

[@filip9564]

​@@_kampfkartoffel2195 its a prototype

[@TheRevilocean]

Incredible. Well, you now know you can liftoff minus three engines, and Backside Cork 900 that thing if you have to. Man my heart is still slamming.

[@ser_optimus8335]

Imagine a cocky pilot doing a full 360 before touching down on Mars just becasue "That baby can hold it"

[@TheMarcusrobbins]

damn, that thing is strong to spin around like that and end up needing flight termination. I know there's not much air up there, but still.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Considering where those engines were located to each other, I wonder if those shutdowns were actually intentional?

[@toshtaggart2510]

@@TheMarcusrobbins ignore Air, just the G-forces of something that size tumbling can be massive

[@russell2449]

"Backside Cork 900" kudos for nailing that call, lofl, amazing vehicle that will soon revolutionize spaceflight!!!!

[@TheZayoo]

I'm far from that event, I don't even participate in it, but I'm so proud. Congratulations to everyone on these achievements. I can imagine the excitement and pride of the people taking part in these epic steps. Just keep going, it's not easy but you will succeed.

[@alessandrozani7154]

Congrats to the whole SpaceX team!

[@ferreisd495]

That brief hold was very intense while watching it live. I thought it would be scrubbed, but it went on and lifted off. Spectacular.

[@CyimSky]

this is where the technology begin kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5XQkqpoeLt6ppI

[@irrefudiate]

Alright; Cleared the tower, Went super sonic, Went through MaxQ -- It appeared the stage 1 engines failed to shut down to allow stage separation -- for whatever reason the stages did not separate -- stage 1 began its flip maneuver while still connected. All the wild gyrations of the booster flipping the entire ship, I think, proves structural integrity. Also, it looked like at least 4 of the main engines failed to ignite. Not half bad for a first attempt. 😍👍👍

[@Nick-wn1xw]

Shutdown wasn't scheduled till 3 minutes in.

[@Astromath]

The entire stack is meant to start a slight flip maneuver and then turn off the engines such that Ship and Booster drift apart. Then Ship engines ignite and Booster performs its boostback

[@netzbasis]

There is a engine out indicator on the bottom left. So i would say it was anticipated. 3 engines failed to ignite, and 2 went out on ascend.

[@melindagreen3023]

I think they Hit the Self Destruct Button after the Rocket went into the Spins. 😢

[@melindagreen3023]

Good 1st Test though. 👍

[@AndersWelander]

I am back to watch all of it a third time. Next time I will be there to watch. Great job SpaceX. History is being made.

[@stevengaming3689]

1 year!

[@tonprobe]

I was born in May, 1969 and shortly after they flew to the moon. Now I'm almost 54 and I'm so happy to see that finally there is progress after all these years. Not from any government, but from you, guys! Thank you so much for this important work you do!

[@kinzieconrad105]

Dec 19 1972 is my birthday and the return splashdown of Apollo 17.

[@Gamesso1slO0l]

its just kinda sad that was over 50 years ago and we really havent taken man back to actual space again since the Apollo missions, and on top of that we are still using 1940 tech to try to get there.

[@itsjduff]

​@@Gamesso1slO0l Their older, Falcon 9, rocket has been successful for SpaceX, much more efficient than older technology and I think Starship has potential at the end of all this testing.

[@thadofalltrades]

I definitely got a little emotional when it lifted off the pad. What a time to be alive.

[@edenkeeping2298]

get a grip

[@Anshaj]

Emotional? Yeah, right!

[@stevejohnson4127]

...Did you get emotional when it exploded?

[@LuisSierra42]

cringe

[@ryanray6215]

@@stevejohnson4127 Oh yeah , they were even more happy when exploded . That is our new generation ! Failure is cherished . Now let's have everybody on a plant based diet . LOL

[@AlberrT]

Amazing guys! Congrats for the hard work on this project!

[@abhijithdattarajjoshi5512]

I think the most wonderful thing are the people clapping after a failure ! Hats off to all the scientists!

[@justsavv6378]

wdym "failure"?

[@Paep50]

That thing made up 39 km of altitude, the main goal here was to liftoff, i honestly was thinking it was gonna to explode in the start.

[@CeladonHairExtraordinaire]

The most Kerbal launch of all time.

[@alexanderbenkendorf688]

Exactly, backflips of a 120m rocket on speeds around 2000km/h is not what you usually see everyday! (Unless you're playing KSP that is)

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS 44:25 -- T -40s Hold lifted (?) 44:54 -- T -10 seconds 45:04 -- LIFTOFF 45:37 -- Visible flames 46:22 -- Max Q callout 47:00 -- Visible flames / Super Heavy starts to spin wildly 47:13 -- Views from Starship's onboard cameras 47:51 -- Super Heavy engine cutoff callout / supposed flip manoeuvre for staging 49:02 -- RUD

[@MichaelGalt]

Pin this comment, please 🙏🏻

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

What is MAXq

[@supriyoghosh4596]

Thanx buddy...you save some time

[@Shawnfagel]

​@@mymixedbiscuit9159 maximum aerodynamic pressure, the most pressure the vehicle will see from the atmosphere.

[@NighTcdGamer]

what is RUD?

[@ckolonn]

Absolutely spectacular. On, on and upwards!

[@raedgaj3878]

Congratulations SpaceX, a promising start & the new design works, well done.

[@joyl7842]

I live in Middelburg, The Netherlands. Just on the edge of the old town (800+ years old) my view is dominated by the 90,5 meter tall church at the center of town. It is very tall compared to everything around it. Yet, it would look tiny next to Starship SuperHeavy (not even including it sitting on the OLM). What an amazing thing SpaceX has achieved today. Sending a skyscraper to 2000+ km/h and past Max-Q!

[@miay1838]

Middelburg, mooie plek! Groetjes uit Leiden

[@OlivierVanHeulen]

Vanaf Koudekerke ook te zien! 😁😁

[@user-mt9nw4by8s]

Удивительные последствия неочевидного "успеха И.Маска"...

[@u1zha]

@@user-mt9nw4by8s who are you quoting? Get on topic or troll off

[@user-mt9nw4by8s]

@@u1zha Well, adventure military gamble - it's new problems by E.Mask?! Who is grand crazy/lardhead?

[@TonyMiah]

What a fabulous sight. Many congratulations to all at SpaceX

[@AlexMkd1984]

holiwood movies 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@clevergirl4457]

@@AlexMkd1984 hey buddy, thousands of people saw it launch, you can see footage from others...

[@Sweedster]

@@clevergirl4457 *footage

[@clevergirl4457]

@@Sweedster thx

[@TheMarkAvreliy]

Great job, keep the same.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

great video, half an hour in and totally absorbed, great images and informative narration. i can't wait.

[@kathadus101]

It is honestly incredible to know that you guys have made it this far, it gives me so much hope for our future as mankind, space travel may not be a norm in my lifetime, but these are the steps that show that it is definitely possible in the future... All thanks to these steps you guys are doing today. Thank you to you, Elon and all of your crew. I know it was a lot of money for this attempt and I know it didn't go the best, but I believe in you guys, keep up the trailblazing, you guys are awesome! Some day I hope to see one of these flights in person.

[@Avaruusmurkku]

I knew it wasn't going well after the rocket started doing a Kerbal, but man, this was such a magnificent launch.

[@gregorysagegreene]

Starship: 'Separate me!' Super Heavy: 'Flip went Kerbal!'

[@ElChivoAndy69]

Great reference

[@marylourodriguez9227]

I live 20 minutes from the town where this happened, just spectacular!!!!!! So awesome to have the privilege to see this and have this here in our hometown!!!!!

[@thegunnylingus4751]

are you serious? what about all that debris that is now in the ocean?

[@fabianokureck3089]

How was the sound?

[@bobberdaddy]

Keep off the crack Mary Lou it's messing with your head - next thing you will be claiming William Shatner fell through your roof!

[@orionSpacecraft]

@@thegunnylingus4751 You don't actually care about that. You just pretend to care so you can feel morally superior to everyone else

[@robberyplan]

@@thegunnylingus4751 space is spectacular, shut up.

[@Limesheepcoolchannel]

Congratulations SpaceX. The part that I like is the launch and the explosion. Great team work. You guys nailed it

[@KMMK2371]

Star Trek, Star Wars here we come! ❤Luv this!!

[@ripplewavess]

Crazy how such a huge rocket like Starship could take off of from the pad like that. Though it didn't reach its expected plan, there is always a next time. Great work Starship team! 🚀🚀🚀

[@DelphoxNotFound]

Gay

[@farmingpotato3372]

The liftoff was the Saturn V but with a drone view. That was amazing to watch

[@alejandroperez5368]

I mean... that's not new. Happened more than 50 years ago.

[@deez2343]

yawn

[@deez2343]

@@DelphoxNotFound yep agreed