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Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [80] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being retired in favor of Booster 7 and Ship 24. [81] Booster 7 being tested on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023.
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is caught by two massive metal pincers, or "chopsticks," attached to a launch tower during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, near Brownsville, Texas, on October 13 ...
[3] [4] Starship is the latest project in SpaceX's reusable launch system development program and plan to colonize Mars. There are currently three planned versions of Super Heavy: Block 1 (also known as Version 1 or V1), Block 2, and Block 3. As of 2025, Block 1 Super Heavy boosters are compatible with Block 1 and Block 2 Starships. [5]
The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9 [1] (and three of them over 80% of the launch price of an expended Falcon Heavy), which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery and reuse of these boosters.
SpaceX pulled off its “chopsticks” catch of a Super Heavy rocket booster but lost the Starship spacecraft on Thursday during the vehicle’s seventh uncrewed test flight.
The new 400-foot Starship vehicle will feature a number of new upgrades and objectives, building on the milestones SpaceX hit in 2024 – including the landmark rocket booster catch the company ...
Shortly after liftoff, the 233-foot-tall Super Heavy booster separated from Starship, the rocket that was stacked on top, and flew back to the launch site. As it descended toward the launchpad, a ...
On 17 January 2025, the FAA ordered SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the breakup of Flight 7. [44] As of January 2025, the effect of Flight 7's launch failure on Flight 8's schedule is unknown. [45] It is expected to feature a catch of Booster 15 at OLP-A and an Indian Ocean splashdown of Ship 34. [46] April 2025 [47] Block 1, B14 ...