Timeline milestone
Starship begins integrated flight testing
From SpaceX and the New Commercial Space Race: From Falcon 1 to Starship
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Test Flight
Starship begins integrated flight testing
The full Starship and Super Heavy stack launched for the first time but lost control and was destroyed before completing its planned trajectory.
The test generated valuable flight data but damaged the launch site and triggered an FAA mishap investigation with 63 corrective actions. Starship aims for full reusability and very large payloads, yet test progress is not equivalent to operational reliability, crew safety or proven low cost.
