Starship Flight Test 1

Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. The prototype vehicle was destroyed less than four minutes after lifting off from the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. The vehicle became the most powerful rocket ever flown, breaking the half-century-old record held by the Soviet Union's N1 rocket. The launch was the first "integrated flight test," meaning it was the first time that the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft flew together as a fully integrated Starship launch vehicle.

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Launch and explosion of Starship Integrated Flight Test captured by GOES-16 (unannotated)

The SpaceX Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed and can take 100 people to the Moon, Mars and beyond!

with the launch pad arms looking like baby wings taking flight

Starship F1 corrective actions 1

Fondage Ejecta from the First Integrated Starship Launch (54079411213)

• A new launch pad failure mode: Analysis of fine particles from the launch of the first Starship orbital test flight - 2024 paper by Dotson et al., Q1860
• Despite test flight failure, Starship poised to transform space science - scientific article published on 20 April 2023

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Launch and explosion of Starship Integrated Flight Test captured by GOES-16 (unannotated)		Commons
commons	image		The SpaceX Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed and can take 100 people to the Moon, Mars and beyond!		Commons
commons	image		with the launch pad arms looking like baby wings taking flight		Commons
commons	image		Starship F1 corrective actions 1		Commons
commons	image		Fondage Ejecta from the First Integrated Starship Launch (54079411213)		Commons