List of Starship vehicles#SN6

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Construction on the initial steel test article—Starship Hopper,[https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/Final%20Experimental%20Permit%20and%20Orders%20EP%2019-012%20Starship%20Hopper%20(06-21-2019).pdf Commercial Space Transportation Experimental Permit – Experimental Permit Number: EP19-012], FAA, June 21, 2019, accessed June 29, 2019 Hopper, Hoppy,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4XDY_vR8B4 |title=Starhopper Relocates At Starbase |date=2024-09-03 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=YouTube}} or Starhopper{{Cite web |last=Gebhardt |first=Chris |date=March 18, 2019 |title=Starhopper first flight as early as this week; Starship/Superheavy updates |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/starhopper-first-flight-starship-superheavy-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331001358/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/starhopper-first-flight-starship-superheavy-updates/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |access-date=March 22, 2019 |website=NASASpaceflight}}—began at Boca Chica in 2018. Starhopper had a single engine and was test flown to develop landing and low-altitude/low-velocity control algorithms.

Starhopper used liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane fuel. After it completed its testing campaign Starhopper was repurposed as a water tank, weather station and equipment mount for cameras, lights, loudspeakers and a radar system.{{Cite web |title=Starhopper / WAI Hub |url=https://www.whataboutit.space/starbase/hardware/Hoppy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215001523/https://www.whataboutit.space/starbase/hardware/Hoppy |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.whataboutit.space |language=en}}

It passed tanking tests, wet dress rehearsals, and pre-burner tests.{{Cite web |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |date=2019-07-25 |title=Starhopper successfully conducts debut Boca Chica Hop |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/07/spacex-resume-starhopper-tests/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} A storm blew over and damaged Starhopper's nose cone. SpaceX continued testing without one.{{Cite news |last=Gebhardt |first=Chris |date=April 3, 2019 |title=Starhopper conducts Raptor Static Fire test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/starhopper-first-flight-starship-superheavy-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404103545/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/starhopper-first-flight-starship-superheavy-updates/ |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=April 4, 2019 |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com}}

It then passed a static fire test,{{Cite news |last=Grush |first=Loren |date=April 3, 2019 |title=SpaceX just fired up the engine on its test Starship vehicle for the first time |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/3/18271547/spacex-starship-starhopper-raptor-engine-ignition-hop-static-fire-test |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404031741/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/3/18271547/spacex-starship-starhopper-raptor-engine-ignition-hop-static-fire-test |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=April 4, 2019 |publisher=The Verge}} and in a tethered test reached 1 meter altitude.{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |date=May 17, 2019 |title=SpaceX considering SSTO Starship launches from Pad 39A |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/spacex-ssto-starship-launches-pad-39a/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518053754/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/spacex-ssto-starship-launches-pad-39a/ |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |access-date=December 16, 2019 |website=NASASpaceflight}}{{Cite tweet |number=1114372086208827392 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=StarHopper enjoys second Raptor Static Fire! |first=Chris |last=Bergin |author-link=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=April 5, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2019}} On July 25, 2019, a Starhopper test flight reached about {{cvt|20|m|}} altitude,{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Eric |date=July 26, 2019 |title=SpaceX's Starship prototype has taken flight for the first time |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/spacexs-starship-prototype-has-taken-flight-for-the-first-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804140323/https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/spacexs-starship-prototype-has-taken-flight-for-the-first-time/ |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |work=Ars Technica}} followed by an August 27 test that rose to {{cvt|150|m|ft}}{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=August 27, 2019 |title=SpaceX's Starhopper completes test flight |url=https://spacenews.com/spacexs-starhopper-completes-test-flight/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211126081405/https://spacenews.com/spacexs-starhopper-completes-test-flight/ |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2019 |work=SpaceNews}} and landed about {{cvt|100|m|}} from the launchpad, the Raptor's first use in flight.

On September 3, 2024, Starhopper was moved to a parking lot nearby the launch site.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4XDY_vR8B4 |title=Starhopper Relocates At Starbase |date=2024-09-03 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}

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SpaceX began building the high-altitude prototype, Mk1 in Texas and Mk2 in Florida, using competing teams that shared progress, insights, and build techniques.{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Eric |date=May 15, 2019 |title=SpaceX plans to A/B test its Starship rocketship builds |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/spacex-plans-to-ab-test-its-starship-rocketship-builds/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519080155/https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/spacex-plans-to-ab-test-its-starship-rocketship-builds/ |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |work=ars Technica}} The vehicle featured three Raptor methalox engines and were meant to reach an altitude {{cvt|5|km}}.{{Cite news |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=December 24, 2018 |title=SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: Starship prototype to have 3 Raptors and "mirror finish" |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-starship-prototype-three-raptors-mirror-finish/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224133103/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-starship-prototype-three-raptors-mirror-finish/ |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |work=Teslarati}}{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=December 24, 2018 |title=Musk teases new details about redesigned next-generation launch system |url=https://spacenews.com/musk-teases-new-details-about-redesigned-next-generation-launch-system/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20181225012035/https://spacenews.com/musk-teases-new-details-about-redesigned-next-generation-launch-system/ |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |access-date=2023-12-10 |work=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}

Mk1 was {{cvt|9|m}} in diameter and about {{cvt|50|m}} tall,{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=September 30, 2019 |title='Totally Nuts'? Elon Musk Aims to Put a Starship in Orbit in 6 Months. Here's SpaceX's Plan. |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-reach-orbit-six-months.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001170638/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-reach-orbit-six-months.html |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Space.com |language=en}} with an empty mass of {{cvt|200|t|lb}}. It was intended for testing flight and reentry profiles, in pursuit of a suborbital flight. When announced, it had three sea-level Raptor engines, two fins each at the front and back, and a nose cone containing cold-gas reaction control thrusters, with all but the aft fins being removed afterwards.{{Cite web |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=October 30, 2019 |title=Starship Mk1 arrives at launch site ahead of flight test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/10/starship-mk1-launch-site-flight-test/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417020053/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/10/starship-mk1-launch-site-flight-test/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=2021-05-31 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=October 5, 2019 |title=SpaceX's Starship is a new kind of rocket, in every sense |url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/10/05/spacexs-starship-is-a-new-kind-of-rocket-in-every-sense |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111225747/https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/10/05/spacexs-starship-is-a-new-kind-of-rocket-in-every-sense |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |work=The Economist}}

On November 20, 2019, Mk1 blew apart during a pressure test.{{Cite web |last=Grush |first=Loren |date=November 20, 2019 |title=SpaceX's prototype Starship rocket partially bursts during testing in Texas |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20974884/spacex-starship-rocket-prototype-failure-test-texas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121085720/https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20974884/spacex-starship-rocket-prototype-failure-test-texas |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |website=The Verge}}{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=November 20, 2019 |title=SpaceX's 1st Full-Size Starship Prototype Suffers Anomaly in Pressure Test |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-prototype-anomaly-pressure-test.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121070633/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-prototype-anomaly-pressure-test.html |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |access-date=November 21, 2019 |website=Space.com}}

SpaceX began Mk2 in Florida, sharing progress, insights, and build techniques with the Mk1 team in Texas. It was never completed.{{Cite web |last=Marley |first=Ronnie |date=November 20, 2019 |title=SpaceX moving to MK3 vehicle following incident at Boca Chica Facility |url=https://valleycentral.com/news/local/spacex-starship-mk1-explodes-at-boca-chica-facility |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217150935/https://valleycentral.com/news/local/spacex-starship-mk1-explodes-at-boca-chica-facility |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |website=CBS News}}

{{anchor|Mk3|SN1}} The Mk3 prototype began construction in late 2019. In December 2019, Musk redesignated Mk3 as Starship SN1, and predicted that minor design improvements would continue through SN20.{{Cite tweet |number=1210756057791729665 |user=elonmusk |title=We're now building flight design of Starship SN1, but each SN will have at least minor improvements, at least through SN20 or so of Starship V1.0 |first=Elon |last=Musk}} SpaceX began stacking SN1 in February 2020 after successful pressurization tests on propellant tank prototypes. SN1 was destroyed during a cryogenic pressurization test on February 28, 2020, due to a design flaw in the lower tank thrust structure.

{{anchor|Mk4}} Mk4 began construction in Florida in October 2019,{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=October 17, 2019 |title=Aerial video shows SpaceX beginning construction of another Starship rocket in Florida |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/17/spacex-starts-construction-of-another-starship-rocket-in-florida.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018023803/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/17/spacex-starts-construction-of-another-starship-rocket-in-florida.html |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2019 |website=CNBC}} but was scrapped after a few weeks.

{{anchor|SN3}}SN3 was destroyed during testing on April 3, 2020{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2020 |title=Starship SN3 failure due to bad commanding. SN4 already under construction |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/spacex-starship-sn3-ground-flight-testing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422214616/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/spacex-starship-sn3-ground-flight-testing/ |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Eric |date=April 3, 2020 |title=SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryogenic test |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-destroyed-cryo-test-next-ship/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701003456/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-destroyed-cryo-test-next-ship/amp/ |archive-date=July 1, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=arstechnica}} due to a failure in the testing configuration.

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SN4 passed cryogenic pressure testing on April 26{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |date=April 26, 2020 |title=SN4 becomes first full-scale Starship prototype to pass cryogenic proof test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/starship-sn4-set-for-test/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427083653/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/starship-sn4-set-for-test/ |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=NASASpaceflight}} and two static fires on May 5 and May 7: one tested the main tanks, while the other tested the fuel header tank.{{Cite web |last=Arevalo |first=Evelyn |date=May 9, 2020 |title=SpaceX completes another round of Starship tests at Boca Chica |url=https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starship-sn4-test |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101656/https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starship-sn4-test |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=Tesmanian}} After uninstalling the engine, a new cryogenic pressure test was conducted on May 19. A leak in the methane fuel piping ignited, causing significant damage to the rocket's base, destroying the control wiring.{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=May 22, 2020 |title=SpaceX Starship prototype charred but intact after catching fire [photos] |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-charred-intact-after-fire-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417034433/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-charred-intact-after-fire-photos/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023}} SN4 was destroyed on May 29, due to a failure with the Ground Support Equipment's quick-disconnect function.{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=May 29, 2020 |title=SpaceX Starship prototype destroyed after static-fire test |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-starship-prototype-destroyed-after-static-fire-test/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918121721/https://spacenews.com/spacex-starship-prototype-destroyed-after-static-fire-test/ |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |access-date=May 30, 2020 |work=SpaceNews}}

{{anchor|SN5}}After a static fire test on July 30,{{Cite web |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=July 27, 2020 |title=Starship SN5 completes successful Static Fire test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/starship-sn5-waits-for-sf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003801/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/starship-sn5-waits-for-sf/ |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com}} SN5 completed a 150-meter flight (August 4) with engine SN27.{{Cite web |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |date=August 5, 2020 |title=SpaceX Successfully Flies its Starship Prototype to a Height of Around 500 Feet |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/spacex-successfully-flies-its-starship-prototype-to-a-height-of-around-500-feet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519235715/https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/spacex-successfully-flies-its-starship-prototype-to-a-height-of-around-500-feet/ |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=techcrunch}} SN5 was scrapped in February 2021.{{Cite tweet |number=1357335994941526016 |user=bocachicagal |title=The crew are currently cutting around the upper portion of Starship SN5. |date=February 4, 2021 |access-date=February 4, 2021}}

{{anchor|SN6}}SN6 completed a static fire on August 24, and a 150-meter hop test flight with engine SN29 on September 3. In January 2021, SN6 was scrapped.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP6ZKKgjAic&t=637s |title=New 3mm Thick Test Tank Stacked – Starship SN6 Scrapped |date=January 12, 2021 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123081028/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP6ZKKgjAic&t=637s |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}

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File:Starship SN9 Evening Rays.jpg{{See also|List of Starship upper stage flight tests}}

{{anchor|SN8}}SN8 was planned to be built out of 304L stainless steel,{{Cite news |last=Baylor |first=Michael |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Starship SN5 set for a static fire followed shortly by a 150-meter hop attempt |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/starship-sn5-static-fire-150-meter-hop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716224607/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/starship-sn5-static-fire-150-meter-hop/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2020 |work=NASASpaceflight |quote=The most recent test tank, designated SN7, achieved a record pressure before it failed. SN7 was the pathfinder vehicle for the switch to 304L stainless steel. The next test tank – designated SN7.1 – will feature further build-quality improvements, as it attempts to break the record set by SN7.}} although some parts may have used 301L steel.{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2020 |title=As Starships line up, Musk calibrates expectations for SN8 test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/starships-line-up-musk-expectations-sn8-test/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102222914/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/11/starships-line-up-musk-expectations-sn8-test/ |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020}} In late October and November, SN8 underwent four static fires. During the third test, on November 12, 2020, debris from the pad caused the vehicle to lose pneumatics.{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |title=Starship SN8 History |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208114709/https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/11 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}} Launch took place on December 9. Launch, ascent, reorientation, and controlled descent were successful, but low pressure in the methane header tank{{Cite tweet |number=1336809767574982658 |user=elonmusk |title=Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!! |first=Elon |last=Musk |author-link=Elon Musk |date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628224624/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1336809767574982658 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |url-status=live}} kept the engines from producing enough thrust for the landing burn, destroying SN8 on impact.{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=December 10, 2020 |title=SpaceX's Starship SN8 Prototype Soars on Epic Test Launch, with Explosive Landing |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-starship-sn8-prototype-soars-on-epic-test-launch-with-explosive-landing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123020133/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-starship-sn8-prototype-soars-on-epic-test-launch-with-explosive-landing/ |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |website=Scientific American}}

{{anchor|SN9}}On December 11, 2020, the stand beneath SN9 failed, causing the vehicle to tip and contact the walls inside the High Bay.{{Cite news |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=December 14, 2020 |title=SpaceX almost drops finished Starship prototype – but it might be salvageable |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-prototype-sn9-damaged/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218080628/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-prototype-sn9-damaged/ |archive-date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=TESLARATI}} SN9 then required a replacement forward flap.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wozJsZR6kZE&t=52s |title=Starship SN9 Gets a New Forward Flap – Tankzilla Prepared for move |date=December 20, 2020 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123081034/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wozJsZR6kZE&t=52s |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} SN9 conducted 6 static fires in January 2021,{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |title=Starship SN9 History |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201023256/https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/12 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}} including three static fires in one day.{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=January 13, 2021 |title=SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype fires up rocket engines three times in one day |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn9-two-static-fire-tests |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113221247/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn9-two-static-fire-tests |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=Space.com |language=en}} After these tests, two engines had to be replaced.{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=January 15, 2021 |title=SpaceX swapping out two engines on Starship SN9 prototype ahead of test flight |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn9-engine-swap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122180400/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn9-engine-swap |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |website=Space.com |language=en}} After struggling to gain U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permission,{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=January 29, 2021 |title=FAA reviews delay SpaceX Starship test |url=https://spacenews.com/faa-reviews-delay-spacex-starship-test/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=SpaceNews}} SN9 conducted a {{cvt|10|km}} flight test on February 2. Ascent, engine cutoffs, reorientation and controlled descent were stable, but one engine's oxygen pre-burner failed, sending SN9 crashing into the landing pad.{{Cite tweet |number=1356702359901138946 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Nice try, SN9! But didn't hit SN10 or the Tank Farm. You're next, SN10! |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210160850/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1356702359901138946 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |url-status=live}} The landing pad was then reinforced with an additional layer of concrete.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2X2Bl9fps |title=Starship Landing Pad Work ahead of SN10 Launch – SN11/SN16 Prepare |date=February 11, 2021 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520011349/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2X2Bl9fps |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} After the SN9 failure, all three engines were used to perform the belly flop landing sequence. This offered a failsafe should one fail to ignite.{{Cite tweet |number=1357422799330107393 |user=elonmusk |title=It was foolish of us not to start 3 engines & immediately shut down 1, as 2 are needed to land. Will these changes be able to be implemented into the SN10 test flight? Yes. |date=February 4, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Bergin |first=Chris |date=February 7, 2021 |title=Starship SN10's Raptors installed ahead of testing and refined landing attempt |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/02/starship-sn10s-raptors-installed-refined-attempt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008004641/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/02/starship-sn10s-raptors-installed-refined-attempt/ |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=NASASpaceflight}}

{{anchor|SN10}}SN10 underwent a cryogenic proof test on February 8, 2021, followed by a static fire on February 23.{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=February 23, 2021 |title=SpaceX Starship static fire bodes well for a launch later this week |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn10-static-fire-launch-prep/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421072036/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn10-static-fire-launch-prep/amp/ |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=www.teslarati.com}} After an engine swap, another static fire was conducted on February 25.{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=February 25, 2021 |title=SpaceX fires up SN10 Starship prototype for 2nd time |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn10-second-engine-static-fire-test |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227124416/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn10-second-engine-static-fire-test |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=space.com}}

Two launch attempts were conducted on March 3. The first attempt was automatically aborted after one engine produced too much thrust while throttling up. After a 3-hour delay to increase the tolerance,{{Cite tweet |number=1367213114228318209 |user=elonmusk |title=Launch abort on slightly conservative high thrust limit. Increasing thrust limit & recycling propellant for another flight attempt today.}} the second attempt launched and landed successfully. The test ended with a hard landing-at 10 m/s – most likely due to partial helium ingestion from the fuel header tank. Three landing legs were not locked in place, producing a slight lean after landing. Although the vehicle initially remained intact, the impact crushed the legs and part of the leg skirt. Eight minutes later the prototype exploded.{{Cite news |date=March 4, 2021 |title=SpaceX's Starship rocket lands but then explodes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56274183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818094740/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56274183 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |work=BBC News}}{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Elon Musk reveals why the SN10 Starship exploded |url=https://www.engadget.com/sn-10-starship-explosion-elon-musk-070217155.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505233908/https://www.engadget.com/sn-10-starship-explosion-elon-musk-070217155.html |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=Engadget}}

{{anchor|SN11}}SN11 accomplished a cryogenic proof test on March 12 that included a test of the Reaction control system (RCS),{{Cite tweet |number=1370210125923950597 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Road open and workers heading back to the pad, led by the SpaceX Security Tesla with its disco lights flashing. That concludes Cryo proof testing for Starship SN11. |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=March 11, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312030858/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1370210125923950597 |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet |number=1370194847873822725 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Starship SN11 RCS (Reaction Control System) testing. |date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=March 12, 2021 |language=en-US}} followed by a static fire test on March 15, 2021. Immediately after ignition, the test was aborted.{{Cite tweet |number=1371513512078499854 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Starship SN11. Aborted Static Fire. |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2021 |language=en-US}} Another static fire attempt{{Cite tweet |number=1373997275593248769 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=STATIC FIRE! Starship SN11 has fired up her three engines ahead of a test flight (as early as Tuesday), pending good test data (looked/sounded good!) |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410093506/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1373997275593248769 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |url-status=live}} led to reports that one of the three engines had been removed for repairs.{{Cite tweet |number=1374930415568347139 |user=nextspaceflight |title=SpaceX will conduct a second static fire test after one of three Raptor engines on Starship SN11 had to be removed for repairs. The static fire could occur as soon as Friday, pending Raptor readiness and road closures. |first=Michael |last=Baylor |date=March 24, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331073712/https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1374930415568347139 |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |url-status=live}} A replacement engine was installed{{Cite tweet |number=1374965876357742594 |user=TrevorMahlmann |title=It's up and it's good! SpaceX Raptor 46 has risen up into the engine bay to be installed |first=Trevor |last=Mahlmann |date=March 25, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331023710/https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1374965876357742594 |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |url-status=live}} and a third static fire was attempted on March 26.{{Cite tweet |number=1375434893207994372 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=STATIC FIRE! Starship SN11 fires up (at least) Raptor SN46. Providing the data review is good, a launch will be attempted later today. |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329132905/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1375434893207994372 |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |url-status=live}} A 10 km flight test was conducted in heavy fog on March 30. The test included engine cutoffs, flip maneuver, flap control and descent, along with a visible fire on engine 2{{Cite tweet |number=1376891464333017090 |user=elonmusk |title=@SpaceX Looks like engine 2 had issues on ascent & didn't reach operating chamber pressure during landing burn, but, in theory, it wasn't needed. Something significant happened shortly after landing burn start. Should know what it was once we can examine the bits later today. |first=Elon |last=Musk |author-link=Elon Musk |date=March 30, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531040101/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1376891464333017090 |archive-date=May 31, 2021 |url-status=live}} during the ascent. Just after the defective engine was re-ignited for the landing burn, SN11 lost telemetry at T+ 5:49 and disintegrated.{{Cite tweet |number=1376884533841170432 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Ended in a RUD. Remember, it's a test program and they've gained a lot of wins from the four flights. Stable controlled descent is one, but long-duration Raptor performance deserves a shoutout. |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=March 30, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424160130/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1376884533841170432 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}

{{anchor|SN12|SN13|SN14}}SN12 through SN14 never launched.{{Cite tweet |number=1353047715270205440 |user=bocachicagal |title=Meanwhile, at SpaceX Boca Chica Starship SN10 took a peek out of the high bay as Starship SN12's aft section was being scrapped. |date=January 23, 2021}}

{{anchor|SN15}}SN15 introduced improved avionics software, an updated aft skirt propellant architecture, and a new Raptor design and configuration.{{Cite tweet |number=1331391132367015937 |user=elonmusk |title=Major upgrades are slated for SN15 |date=November 25, 2020}}{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2021 |title=Starship SN15 Flight Test |url=https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505220306/https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2021 |website=SpaceX}} A Starlink antenna on the side of the vehicle was another new feature.{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2021 |title=SpaceX installs Starlink dish on upgraded Starship prototype |url=http://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn15-starlink-dish-installed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330205806/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn15-starlink-dish-installed/ |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023}} SN15 underwent an ambient temperature pressure test on April 9, 2021,{{Cite tweet |number=1380639834792984579 |user=op_boca |title=Today, SpaceX teams conducted an ambient pressure test of Starship SN15. |date=April 9, 2021}} followed by a cryogenic proof test on April 12, and a header tank cryogenic proof test on April 13.{{Cite news |date=April 12, 2021 |title=SpaceX's upgraded Starship gets frosty during cryogenic proof test |url=http://www.teslarati.com/spacex-upgraded-starship-sn15-first-big-tests/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419201548/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-upgraded-starship-sn15-first-big-tests/ |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |work=Teslarati}}{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2021 |title=When will SN15 launch? Live Updates |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/when-will-sn15-launch-live-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414221104/https://everydayastronaut.com/when-will-sn15-launch-live-updates/ |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=April 14, 2021}} A static fire was conducted on April 26,{{Cite tweet |number=1386801847504154624 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=STATIC FIRE! |date=April 26, 2021}}{{Cite tweet |number=1386836238771105793 |user=elonmusk |title=Starship SN15 static fire completed, preparing for flight later this week |date=April 27, 2021}} and a header tank static fire on April 27 followed.{{Cite tweet |number=1387292998644473857 |user=TheFavoritist |title=Starship SN15 static fires its Raptors again, though this time we believe only a single was engine fired. |date=April 28, 2021}} A {{cvt|10|km|ft}} high-altitude flight test was conducted in overcast weather on May 5, achieving a soft touchdown. A small fire near the base started shortly after landing, though this was extinguished.{{Cite news |last=Timmer |first=John |date=May 5, 2021 |title=SpaceX successfully lands a Starship test flight |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/spacex-successfully-lands-a-starship-test-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505235817/https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/spacex-successfully-lands-a-starship-test-flight/ |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=Ars Technica |language=en-US}} After its engines were removed, it was moved to the Rocket Garden on May 31, 2021.{{Cite web |title=SN15 |url=https://starshipcampaign.com/starship/sn15/#:~:text=Retirement,prototype%20to%20have%20that%20honour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207192927/https://starshipcampaign.com/starship/sn15/#:~:text=Retirement,prototype%20to%20have%20that%20honour |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=2021-11-19 |publisher=The Starship Campaign}} On July 26, 2023, SN15 was scrapped.{{Cite tweet |number=1684617264476176384 |user=thejackbeyer |title=RIP SN15 |first=Jack |last=Beyer |date=July 27, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2024}}

{{anchor|SN16|SN17|SN18|SN19}}

SN16 was scrapped, while SN17, SN18, and SN19 were never completed.File:Starship SN20 getting a tile inspection.jpg

{{anchor|SN20|Ship 20}}

File:SN20 Static Fire test on 10-21-2021 at 19-16-00 From SPI by Mars Embassy.jpg

SN20 was the first vehicle with a complete thermal protection system (TPS). SN20 rolled out to the launch mount on August 5, 2021, and was stacked onto Booster 4 for a fit test.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7i3tTjGJkw |title=SN20 Leg Skirt Spotted – BN1 Booster Double Section Lifted Onto New Stand |date=March 8, 2021 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509164540/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7i3tTjGJkw |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{Cite tweet |number=1379904500744527877 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=As Starship SN15 prepares to roll to the launch site, the Forward Dome of SN20 has been spotted, with this vehicle set to be an Orbital Class Starship. |date=April 7, 2021}}{{Cite tweet |number=1380646421410377728 |user=_brendan_lewis |title=The current status of SpaceX's Starship & Superheavy prototypes. |date=April 9, 2021}} U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings in May 2021 by SpaceX stated that the orbital flight would launch from Boca Chica, Texas. After separation, Starship would enter orbit and around 90 minutes later attempt a soft ocean landing around 100 km off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |title=SpaceX outlines plans for Starship orbital test flight – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/13/spacex-outlines-plans-for-around-the-world-starship-test-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514183803/https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/13/spacex-outlines-plans-for-around-the-world-starship-test-flight/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=2021-05-14 |language=en-US}} However, S20 was retired in March 2022. As of April 2024, SN20 (Ship 20) remains in the Rocket Garden.

{{anchor|Ship 21}}Ship 21 was scrapped before being completed.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjFNTrNyGAI |title=Ship 21 Finally Scrapped {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2022-04-15 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}}

{{anchor|Ship 22}}Ship 22 moved to the Rocket Garden in late February 2022. Its nosecone was converted into a HLS interior mockup. 3d Artist TheSpaceEngineer has claimed that this mockup features two decks, the first containing the life support systems (ECLSS), and the second serving as habitation for the crew.{{Cite tweet |number=1852757671268487340 |user=mcrs987 |title=SpaceX's first true Human Landing System prototype. |last=TheSpaceEngineer |date=November 2, 2024 |access-date=November 2, 2024}}

{{anchor|Ship 23}}Ship 23 was scrapped and partially recycled in Ship 24.{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=August 10, 2022 |title=SpaceX fires up Starship and Super Heavy Booster 7 ahead of test flight |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy-first-static-fire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810212457/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy-first-static-fire |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2022}}

{{anchor|Ship 24}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 1}}

Ship 24 was first spotted in November 2021, and conducted cryogenic proof tests on June 2, 2022, June 6, and June 7.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUCGe0dZBg |title=Ship 24 Undergoes Third Cryo Proof Test |date=June 8, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715225423/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUCGe0dZBg |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Citation |title=Ship 24 Completes Cryogenic Proof Testing {{!}} Starship Boca Chica |date=June 3, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1PNZCq0At4 |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025130/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1PNZCq0At4 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live |language=en}} On June 9, Ship 24 was rolled back to the production site for engine installation,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_JpZYwsDk |title=Ship 24 Rolled Back for Raptor Installation |date=June 9, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025152/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_JpZYwsDk |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} and was rolled to Suborbital Pad B on July 5.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEW2hzHGISQ |title=Starship 24 Rolled To The Launch Site |date=July 5, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025140/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEW2hzHGISQ |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr6BwBHT9cw |title=Ship 24 Lifted Onto Pad B for Testing |date=July 7, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr6BwBHT9cw |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} Ship 24 conducted a series of spin prime tests in mid-late July.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9CZny6qs8M |title=Ship 24 Spin Prime Testing |date=July 18, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501155014/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9CZny6qs8M |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJ--k78KxA |title=Fresh Raptor Engines Arrive (while others depart) |date=July 21, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025154/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJ--k78KxA |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9ZlIDdlN8 |title=Ship 24 Raptor Engines Tested with Two Spin Primes |date=July 22, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812170237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9ZlIDdlN8 |archive-date=August 12, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwaKTHS5SQw |title=Starship and Booster Engine Testing Double Header |date=August 9, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025133/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwaKTHS5SQw |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} It completed a two engine static fire test on August 9,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2_76T0Af8 |title=Starship 24 Static Fire Testing |date=August 9, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2_76T0Af8 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} followed by an additional spin prime test on August 25.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLAx3hQ-DA |title=Booster and Ship Spin Prime Testing |date=August 26, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025141/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLAx3hQ-DA |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} On September 8, 2022, Ship 24 underwent a six engine static fire test.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2EIeGWtjYQ |title=Starship 24 Six Engine Static Fire Test |date=September 8, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025129/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2EIeGWtjYQ |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} The ship was subsequently stacked on top of Booster 7 in mid-October, followed by two destacks in October and early November.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpydSsTgnfA |title=Starship 24 Destacked Amid Potential Problems |date=October 18, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025146/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpydSsTgnfA |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7UpQ7vO8OM |title=Starship 25 Rolled out and Starship 24 Re-Stacked |date=October 20, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025150/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7UpQ7vO8OM |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2qtuKLTBmM |title=Ship 24 Destacked from Booster 7 for Static Fire |date=November 9, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811082701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2qtuKLTBmM |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |url-status=live}} On December 15, Ship 24 conducted a single engine static test fire.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmhHsAhrSQ |title=Starship 24 Single Engine Static Fire |date=December 15, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmhHsAhrSQ |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sri2Y2sToPY |title=Booster 9 Rolls Out With All New Design |date=December 16, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217025153/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sri2Y2sToPY |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} In January 2023, Booster 7 and Ship 24 conducted a Wet Dress Rehearsal.{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2023-01-24 |title=SpaceX completes Starship wet dress rehearsal |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-completes-starship-wet-dress-rehearsal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415032641/https://spacenews.com/spacex-completes-starship-wet-dress-rehearsal/ |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}} On April 20, 2023, Ship 24 was destroyed in flight along with Booster 7 after spinning out of control.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YqgwBN0_SQ |title=Starship 24 Destacked and Rolled Back for Final Launch Preparations |date=January 27, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407071532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YqgwBN0_SQ |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZ3VbEKgs4 |title=Ship 24 Prepared for Flight |date=January 31, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407071514/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZ3VbEKgs4 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |url-status=live}}

{{anchor|Ship 25}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 2}}

Ship 25 was a Starship prototype similar to Ship 24, equipped with a heat shield and a payload bay, though this was permanently welded shut.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQnL6s2oQA8 |title=Ship 25 Takes Off! (Crane-Assisted) {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-05-20 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=11:23 |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} It was used to test the cryogenic test stand at Massey's test site.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjhbe4mfoc |title=Ship 25 Moved to New Test Site {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-03-02 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=12:38 |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} During the third week of May 2023, Ship 25 was moved to the launch site and lifted onto suborbital pad B for engine testing. On June 21, 2023, Ship 25 performed a successful spin prime test,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgfRlZ-Ifbo&t=485s |title=Ship 25 Begins Testing Its Raptor Engines {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-06-22 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=8:05 |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} followed by a six engine static fire test.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfN57xaLm4Y |title=Starship 25 Six Engine Static Fire Test - SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-06-26 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} It was lifted onto B9 for the first time on September 5, and was destacked several times throughout the rest of the month and mid October.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2023-10-15 |title=SpaceX gearing up for a possible WDR as it waits for regulatory approval |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/10/full-stack-wdr-approval/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} On October 22, B9 underwent two partial cryogenic tests, while S25 was not tested,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwViHM-m_As |title=SpaceX Full Stack Testing at Starbase - Starship 25 on Booster 9 |date=2023-10-22 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=1:21:14 |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} followed by a full wet dress rehearsal (WDR) two days later.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAi2Qu52nCU |title=SpaceX Performs Wet Dress Rehearsal of Second Starship Flight Stack |date=2023-10-24 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-28 |via=YouTube}} On November 18, 2023, Ship 25 was launched atop Booster 9 on the second Integrated Flight Test, with Ship 25 successfully separating from Booster 9.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=17 November 2023 |title=After upgrades, Starship achieves numerous successes during second test flight |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/ift-2-launch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211004114/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/ift-2-launch/ |archive-date=11 December 2023 |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} Near the end of its burn, a LOX dump started a fire in the engine bay, causing an explosion. The autonomous flight termination system activated, destroying the vehicle.

File:Bays + ships.jpg forward section under construction in Starbase build site, March 2023]]

{{anchor|Ship 26}}Ship 26 was an expendable Starship prototype, lacking heat shield tiles and flaps. Ship 26 also lacked a payload bay door. On September 9, 2023, S26 was moved to Suborbital Pad B for static fire testing.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSVzS0hSUEA |title=Ship 26 Rolled Out for Static Fire |date=September 10, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217010458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSVzS0hSUEA |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} S26 then underwent a cryogenic test on October 9, 2023, followed by a preburner test with a single engine nine days later,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxv4D_ADj8 |title=Ship 26 Tested, Hot Stage Ring Removed Again |date=October 11, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217010457/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxv4D_ADj8 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} and a single engine static fire test on October 20, 2023, simulating a deorbit burn. S26 was rolled to the Massey's site on May 8, 2024, for static fire stand testing.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vryxbHvkmkM |title=Booster 11 Lifted Onto the OLM for Pre-Launch Testing |date=2024-05-12 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-05-12 |via=YouTube}} S26 conducted a cryogenic test on May 24,{{Cite episode |title=Second Launch Tower Construction Begins! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhRB4r7l2w |series=Starbase Weekly |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=2024-05-25 |number=117 |via=YouTube |access-date=2024-05-25}} followed by a six engine static fire on June 3.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzxBTI3ursM |title=It's Launch Week! (BONUS: Ship 26 Static Fire @ Masseys) |date=2024-06-03 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Countdown to Launch |access-date=2024-06-03 |via=YouTube}} S26's engines were removed on August 14.{{Cite tweet |number=1823640155887996988 |user=nasaspaceflight |title=Old test vehicle Ship 26 is having its engines removed |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}} It was moved into the High Bay on November 20,{{Cite tweet |number=1859184833991213485 |user=CSI_Starbase |last=Golden |first=Zack |date=November 20, 2024 |title=After allowing it to live long enough to see the last of its V1 Counterparts fly |access-date=November 20, 2024}} where it was scrapped.{{Cite web |last=McCrea |first=Aaron |date=2024-11-27 |title=Starbase continues its rapid pace of advancement after Starship Flight 6 |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/starship-roundup-11-27-24/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}

{{anchor|Ship 27}}Like S26, S27 was an expendable prototype, lacking heat shield tiles. It was the first Ship to have a reinforced payload dispenser. Ship 27 was scrapped on July 20, 2023, after the common dome failed.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSArJ38Snc |title=Booster 9 Rolled Out and Lifted onto the Launch Mount |date=July 21, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217010505/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSArJ38Snc |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} S27's aft section was then converted into a test article for the engine shielding design present on S25.

{{anchor|Ship 28}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 3}}

Ship 28, along with subsequent Block 1 models, features heat shield tiles as well as reinforced Starlink satellite dispensers.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa7VTFY7O2I |title=Ship 28 Completes Critical Test Fire {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-12-21 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=15:00 |access-date=2025-03-01 |via=YouTube}} S28 underwent cryogenic testing in July 2023.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YwB04dLGw |title=First Hot Staging Ring Rolled Out for Testing {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-08-03 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-01 |via=YouTube}} On December 14, S28 was moved to the launch site and lifted onto Suborbital Pad B,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aroSgXUfY7o |title=Make Way! Starbase Demolitions Clear Room for Starfactory |date=June 7, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607225443/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aroSgXUfY7o |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |url-status=live}} where it completed a spin prime test on December 16,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlGR-YLhRM&t=968s |title=Next Flight Starship Rolled Out and Tested {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-12-17 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=16:08 |access-date=2025-03-01 |via=YouTube}} followed by a six engine static fire test on December 20,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFljt0gtU6M |title=Ship 28 Static Fire {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-12-20 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-01 |via=YouTube}} and a deorbit burn test on December 29. S28 was moved to the Orbital Launch Site for IFT-3 on February 10,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_NBpveaZUs |title=The Full Starship Stack is Back and Ready For Testing {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-02-14 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-13 |via=YouTube}} and was stacked onto B10.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_NBpveaZUs |title=The Full Starship Stack is Back and Ready For Testing {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-02-14 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} The combined vehicle conducted two aborted wet dress rehearsal attempts on February 14 and February 16.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPvJleDfsGI |title=Crucial Starship Pre-Launch Test Aborted Twice {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-02-17 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLxH2lSJnM |title=SpaceX Performs Second Attempt of B10/S28 Wet Dress Rehearsal |date=February 16, 2024 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |access-date=2024-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175638/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLxH2lSJnM |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} It was returned to Suborbital Pad B on February 19,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vdms-VtDMY |title=Ship 28 on Pad B Potentially for More Testing {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-02-24 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-13 |via=YouTube}} where underwent a spin prime test on February 26,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B83dY7nUKyo&t=269s |title=Ship 28 Awaits Re-stacking on Booster 10 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-02-28 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=4:29 |access-date=2025-03-13 |via=YouTube}} On March 3, 2024, B10 and S28 completed a wet dress rehearsal,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpCzXlY4fg |title=Final Preparations Before Launch {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-03-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} followed by a final destack on March 5 for FTS installation.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpCzXlY4fg |title=Final Preparations Before Launch {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-03-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} FTS was armed on March 8, 2024,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpCzXlY4fg |title=Final Preparations Before Launch {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-03-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} and S28 being restacked on March 10, 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqayM05gYYk |title=Starship is Ready for Launch {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-03-12 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=4:14 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} S28 flew with B10 on March 14, and reached orbit. It conducted tests of the Payload Dispenser and fuel transfer system, before being destroyed during reentry.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzixV3s |title=SpaceX Launches Third Starship Flight Test |date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |access-date=2024-03-14 |via=YouTube}}

{{anchor|Ship 29}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 4}}

On September 22, 2023, S29 was moved to Massey's for cryogenic testing, where it was cryogenically tested on September 26.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM6gHFHe83Q&t=656s |title=Booster 9 Hotstage Ring Removed {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2023-09-23 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On February 29, S29 was moved to the launch site,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdHZLMEBNYg |title=Ship 28 Stacked Once Again {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-03-02 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=8:45 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} where it underwent a cryogenic test on March 7,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyyjtAfBNLA |title=SpaceX Tests Ship 29 in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight |date=March 7, 2024 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-03-07 |via=YouTube}} followed by a spin prime test on March 11.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZD3nI2IJHY |title=SpaceX Tests Ship 29 Again in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight |date=March 11, 2024 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-03-11 |via=YouTube}} On March 12, 2024, S29 was briefly removed from the launch site to prevent damage from IFT-3, before returning ahead of two static fire tests on March 25 and March 27.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wne1VRhgSoc |title=SpaceX Static Fires Ship 29 in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight |date=March 25, 2024 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-03-25 |via=YouTube}} On May 15, S29 was lifted onto B11, with the combined vehicle completing a partial cryogenic test on May 16,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECXs1y7tkHs |title=SpaceX Tests the Full Stack of the Fourth Starship Flight Test |date=2024-05-16 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-05-16 |via=YouTube}} and a full wet dress rehearsal on May 20.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_fIEFixUBw |title=SpaceX Performs Wet Dress Rehearsal of Fourth Starship Flight Stack |date=2024-05-20 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-05-20 |via=YouTube}} A second wet dress rehearsal was conducted on May 28.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt2X_568sxc |title=SpaceX Performs Second Wet Dress Rehearsal of Fourth Starship Flight Stack |date=2024-05-28 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-05-28 |via=YouTube}} On May 29, S29 was destacked for final tile work and Flight Termination System (FTS) Installation,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wFWEfFbsQI |title=Flight Termination Charges Installed for Starship Flight 4 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-06-01 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} with FTS installation occurring on May 30. S29 was stacked onto B11 for the final time on June 5.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NasUiJSsups |title=Ship 26 Conducts First Static Fire on New Stand {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-06-04 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On June 6, S29 was launched with B11 on IFT-4, with S29 completing a full ascent burn with no engine failures.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o |title=SpaceX Launches Second Starship Flight Test |date=November 18, 2023 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2023-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122021359/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o |archive-date=November 22, 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} It retained attitude control into reentry, despite the near-complete loss of a forward flap, and achieved a successful landing burn.

{{anchor|Ship 30}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 5}}

S30 was moved to Massey's test site for cryogenic testing on December 30, 2023.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvYkze-g9s&t=20s |title=Booster 10 Rolled Back for Final Launch Checks {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-01-03 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=0:20 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On January 3, 2024, S30 underwent its first cryogenic test.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYt9EfPnJk&t=209s |title=Ship 28 Rolled Back for Pre-Flight Preps {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-01-06 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=3:29 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On May 1, it was rolled to the Suborbital Launch Site,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMbM0f0E-aA |title=SpaceX Rolls Ship 30 for Testing |date=2024-05-01 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-05-01 |via=YouTube}} where it was lifted onto Suborbital Pad B for static fire testing.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0KtSq1Pk8 |title=Flight 5 Starship Rolled Out and Ready to Test |date=2024-05-04 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-05-04 |via=YouTube}} It conducted a cryogenic test on May 7,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyggn5haIQY |title=OLM Tested Ahead of Starship Flight 4 |date=2024-05-08 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-05-10 |via=YouTube}} followed by an aborted static fire test,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Ialipbgw4 |title=SpaceX Static Fires Ship 30 in Preparation for the Fifth Starship Flight |date=2024-05-07 |language=en |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-05-07 |via=YouTube}} and a 6 engine static fire test on May 8. On June 11, SpaceX began removing and replacing S30s thermal protection system, adding a backup ablative layer.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCkgat6Rl-s |title=Ship 30’s Heat Shield Is Being Completely Replaced |date=2024-06-15 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cXjLUZc5Y |title=New Ablative Material Spotted on Ship 30 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-06-22 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} S30 was rolled to Massey's on July 21,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmOwlkYPH_Q |title=Ship 30 Ready for Next Static Fire {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-07-23 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=2:43 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} ahead of a 6 engine static fire on July 26,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it-OcNpRW8s |title=Falcon 9 No Longer Grounded - SLS Core Stage Arrives at KSC |date=2024-07-26 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=The Flame Trench |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}} and rolled back to the production site on July 27.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vwC90DrPD8&t=66s |title=Crabs Take Over Starbase {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-07-30 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=1:06 |access-date=2025-03-13 |via=YouTube}} One of S30's Raptor Vacuum engines was replaced on August 3,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtnaJqNy-d0&t=83s |title=Tower Module 6 Stacked, S30 Raptor Swapped {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-08-06 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=1:23 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} and it was rolled back to Massey's on August 6,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07sLz1a4wA&t=8s |title=Ship 30 Completes Testing, B14.1 Ready for More Slaps {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-08-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=0:08 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} where it conducted a spin prime test on August 7.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2024-08-09 |title=Flight 5 and 6 Preparations Underway as SpaceX reveals Raptor 3 |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/08/flight-5-6-preparations-raptor-3/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} SpaceX claimed that Booster 12 (B12) and S30 were ready to fly on August 8. S30 was then rolled back to the production site.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WeOXSE-upI |title=Starship Flight 5 Vehicles Ready To Fly? (plus Raptor 3, Slap Testing & More) {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2024-08-12 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=2:05 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On September 21, S30 was lifted onto B12.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QU43FwDKgA |title=SpaceX Stacks Ship 30 on Booster 12 {{!}} Starbase |date=2024-09-21 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-09-21 |via=YouTube}} A partial wet dress rehearsal was conducted on September 23.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjghasfkFbs |title=SpaceX Tests the Stack for the Fifth Flight of Starship - Booster 12 and Ship 30 |date=2024-09-23 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-09-23 |via=YouTube}} followed by a second partial wet dress rehearsal on October 7,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2lzAPsTlw |title=SpaceX Tests the Stack for the Fifth Flight of Starship - Booster 12 and Ship 30 |date=2024-10-07 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-10-07 |via=YouTube}} followed by S30 being destacked for FTS installation.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySAnKmAIAKE |title=FTS Installed Before Launch & Potential Catch |date=2024-10-11 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-10-11 |via=YouTube}} FTS was installed on both vehicles on October 9,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNjtGeUuHo |title=FTS Installed, and TFR Posted! |date=2024-10-10 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Countdown to Launch |access-date=2024-10-10 |via=YouTube}} and S30 was stacked onto B12 for Flight 5 on October 11.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVTPWsXNbA&t=332s |title=SpaceX Prepared for Upcoming Starship Flight 5 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-10-08 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=5:32 |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=YouTube}} On October 13, S30 launched on B12, and reached the desired trajectory after a nominal ascent burn with no engine failures. Like S29, S30 retained attitude control through reentry, and successfully reignited its engines for a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_As |title=SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 5 (and Catches A Booster) |date=2024-10-13 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-10-13 |via=YouTube}} As of October 13, 2024, S30 is the heaviest artificial object to reenter Earth's atmosphere.{{Cite web |date=Mar 13, 2024 |title=Tiered Environmental Assessment for SpaceX Starship Indian Ocean Landings |url=https://www.faa.gov/media/76836 |access-date=Mar 17, 2024 |website=FAA |page=101}}

{{anchor|Ship 31}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 6}}

On December 14, 2023, S31 was moved to the Rocket Garden,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRMqaKVpyQY |title=Building Starbase MEGA BAY 2 (9 months in 10 minutes) |date=2024-04-11 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |via=YouTube}} before being moved back into the High Bay on January 4.{{Cite tweet |number=1742935640499761391 |user=nasaspaceflight |title=Ship 31 going for a wander at the Production Site and heading into the High Bay. |first=Chris |last=Bergin |access-date=Jan 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104182008/https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1742935640499761391 |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |url-status=live}} It was rolled to Massey's test site for cryogenic testing on May 11,{{Cite tweet |number=1789159230995345769 |user=nasaspaceflight |title=With Booster 11 (Flight 4) now at the launch site. Ship 31 (Flight 6) is preparing to roll to Masseys. |first=Chris |last=Bergin |access-date=May 11, 2024}} with the first test ending prematurely due to an electrical anomaly.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2JweC3ETE |title=Ship 29 Rolled Out for Full Starship Stack Testing |date=2024-05-14 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-05-14 |via=YouTube}} After being repaired, it returned to Massey's,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqzmu1TDWRo |title=Starship Launch Tower Sections Outfitted for Installation |date=2024-07-03 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-07-03 |via=YouTube}} where it was cryogenically tested on July 2 and July 3.{{Cite tweet |number=1808928224438583766 |user=enneps |title=Compilation time-lapse of the two cryo-proof tests SpaceX teams performed this week on Starship S31 |first=Elisar |last=Priel |access-date=July 4, 2024}} On July 5, S31 was moved to Mega Bay 2 for engine installation.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0bM-EGY9w |title=Starbase Prepares for Tropical Storm Beryl |date=2024-07-07 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-07-07 |via=YouTube}} The process of replacing S31's thermal protection system began in early August.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtnaJqNy-d0 |title=Tower Module 6 Stacked, S30 Raptor Swapped |date=2024-08-06 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-08-06 |via=YouTube}} On September 6, S31 was rolled to Massey's for static fire testing.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3eNnzhkpw |title=Starliner Leaves the ISS |date=2024-09-06 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=The Flame Trench |access-date=2024-09-06 |via=YouTube}} It attempted to static fire on September 8, with the test being aborted due to the weather.{{Cite episode |title=Starhopper Moved and Ship Testing Continues! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTW8wSRrAU |series=Starbase Weekly |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=2024-09-08 |number=132 |via=YouTube |access-date=2024-09-08}} S31 conducted a static fire on September 18,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFGZtLKfBnY&t=268s |title=Booster 12 and Ship 30 Roll Out For Testing, Ship 31 Static Fires and Rolls Back {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2024-09-21 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=4:28 |access-date=2025-03-13 |via=YouTube}} and it was rolled back to the production site on September 20.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwNOPPWs9fM |title=SpaceX Rolls Booster 12 to the Launch Site (& Ship 31 Roll) {{!}} Starbase |date=2024-09-20 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-09-20 |via=YouTube}} S31 was moved to the launch site for IFT-6 on November 11,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxphA7uzKTA |title=SpaceX Rolls Ship 31 to the Launch Site {{!}} Starbase |date=2024-11-11 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |access-date=2024-11-12 |via=YouTube}} where its Flight Termination System was installed on November 12.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2024-11-18 |title=SpaceX prepare for Starship Flight 6, another Booster catch and a daylight Ship splashdown |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/starship-flight-6-launch/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} It was stacked onto Booster 13 (B13) on November 14,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrfafDj3xc |title=SpaceX Stacks Ship 31 on Booster 13 {{!}} Starbase Starship |date=2024-11-14 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-11-15 |via=YouTube}} with the combined vehicle conducted a partial wet dress rehearsal on November 17.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Rns3PLkfU |title=SpaceX Tests the Stack for the Sixth Flight of Starship - Booster 13 and Ship 31 |date=2024-11-17 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |language=en |access-date=2024-11-17 |via=YouTube}} On November 19, S31 launched on B13, and reached the desired trajectory.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yd_cpPP4fE |title=SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 6 (Booster Catch Aborted) |date=2024-11-19 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-11-19 |via=YouTube}} After conducting a relight of a raptor engine, S31 reentered the atmosphere, and successfully completed the landing burn for a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Several components of S31, including multiple tiles and COPVs, were recovered for analysis in Australia.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu5aIMC7NSk |title=Starship 31 Debris Return! Project Fallen Star 1 |date=2024-11-27 |last=Interstellar Gateway |access-date=2024-11-27 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=Debris from SpaceX rocket test flight salvaged off Gascoyne |url=https://www.midwesttimes.com.au/news/midwest-times/remnants-from-spacex-starship-rocket-test-flight-retrieved-from-off-the-exmouth-coast-c-17030561 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Midwest Times |language=en}}

{{anchor|Ship 32}}

On November 24, Elon Musk implied that S32 would be the last Block 1 starship.{{Cite tweet |number=1727967723806761343 |user=elonmusk |title=Four more Starships, the last of V1 |access-date=2023-11-25 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125103448/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1727967723806761343 |archive-date=November 25, 2023 |url-status=live}} SpaceX later confirmed that Flight 7 and subsequent launches would use Block 2 vehicles.{{Cite web |title=Starship's Seventh Flight Test |url=https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=SpaceX}} It was rolled into the High Bay on February 7, 2025,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvx0XZGqSFI |title=Booster 15 Ready For Testing Ahead of Starship Flight 8 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-02-08 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-09 |via=YouTube}} where S32 was scrapped.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTb5z-yPQc |title="I Promise You Starbase Did Not Explode" {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-02-12 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-13 |via=YouTube}}

Block 2 ships feature a new forward flap design, increased propellant capacity, and an increase in thrust.{{Cite episode |title=Booster 11 Back On The Pad! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umdkFlNO1os |series=Starbase Weekly |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=2024-04-06 |number=112 |via=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2024-04-07}} Additionally, the leeward side of the vehicle has some external stringers.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdTkwB1VLXA |title=Starship 2.0: New Hardware Spotted |date=2024-07-29 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Starbase Update |access-date=2024-08-04 |via=YouTube}} These vehicles will be a total of {{cvt|1.8|m}} meters taller than the previous Block 1 ships.

{{anchor|Ship 33}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 7}}

On July 24, 2024, S33's nosecone and payload bay were rolled into Mega Bay 2.{{Cite tweet |number=1816363045653758307 |user=thejackbeyer |title=The combined nosecone and payload bay for Ship 33 |first=Jack |last=Beyer |date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 25, 2024}} Stacking of the vehicle was completed on August 23.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9agcYfnWlA |title=Starship Version 2 Aft Section Rolled Out for Stacking |date=2024-08-25 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-08-25 |via=YouTube}} On October 26, S33 rolled to the Massey's test site,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxsFodjVbs4 |title=SpaceX's Next-Gen Starship Rolls Out |date=2024-10-28 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Starbase Update |access-date=2024-10-29 |via=YouTube}} where it conducted a series of cryogenic tests.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHrcahMX4w |title=New Starship Block 2 Cryo Proof Tested |date=2024-10-31 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-10-31 |via=YouTube}} After engine installation, it returned to Massey's on December 11.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w07qpmVVYxY |title=Ship 33 Test Campaign Begins |date=2024-12-14 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-12-14 |via=YouTube}} It conducted a spin prime on December 12 with an aborted static fire on December 14,{{Cite tweet |number=1868382673346961482 |user=alexphysics13 |last=Romera |first=Alejandro Alacantarilla |date=December 15, 2024 |title=While Ship 33 still uses Raptor 2 engines, a lot of the internal transfer lines and manifolds have changed with the new ship design which means extra testing is required |access-date=December 15, 2024}} and a static fire on December 15.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mju3GGQjLmg |title=SpaceX's Starship Prepares for Flight 7: Testing & Expansion at Starbase |date=2024-12-16 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Starbase Update |access-date=2024-12-16 |via=YouTube}} This was followed by a single engine static fire,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NeHnvYhXg |title=It's Christmas Time At Starbase |date=2024-12-18 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-12-18 |via=YouTube}} and a return to Mega Bay 2 for final pre-flight modifications.{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2024-12-19 |title=FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/12/faa-flight-7-go/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} Payload integration occurred on January 7.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-rEoE46ag |title=Final Preparations For Starship Flight 7 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-01-08 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-09 |via=YouTube}}Ship 33 rolled to the launch site for launch on January 9,{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=2025-01-09 |title=A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly |url=https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-taller-heavier-smarter-version-of-spacexs-starship-is-almost-ready-to-fly/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US}} where it was stacked onto Booster 14 (B14),{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcg5pd0LYkA |title=SpaceX Stacks Ship 33 on Booster 14 + New Glenn Goes Vertical! |date=2025-01-09 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-10 |via=YouTube}} surpassing Starship Block 1 as the tallest rocket ever assembled.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=2025-01-10 |title=Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics |url=https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/rocket-report-china-launches-refueling-demo-dods-big-appetite-for-hypersonics/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US}} The combined vehicle conducted a Wet Dress Rehearshal on January 10,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwWw_PGyJvI |title=Starship Wet Dress Rehearsal ft. The Flame Trench |date=2025-01-09 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-10 |via=YouTube}} before being destacked on the 11th.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuo8zcCY8Y |title=TESTING COMPLETE! Starship Tested & Destacked Before Flight 7 {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-01-11 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-12 |via=YouTube}} It was restacked for launch the next day.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxL-2oRuSg0 |title=Starship's Big Day: Flight 7 Countdown and New Tech Unveiled |date=2025-01-13 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-14 |via=YouTube}} On January 16, Ship 33 launched atop Booster 14, but was destroyed during the ascent burn.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nM3vGdanpw |title=SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 7 and Attempts Another Booster Catch |date=2025-01-16 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-16 |via=YouTube}}

{{anchor|Ship 34}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 8}}

On September 19, 2024, S34's nosecone was rolled into the High Bay ahead of integration with the payload bay.{{Cite tweet |number=1836850062934085939 |user=StarshipGazer |title=Starship 34 nose cone rolled into the high bay today |date=19 September 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024}} The combined assembly was then rolled into the Starfactory,{{Cite tweet |number=1838326311376355455 |user=nasaspaceflight |title=Ship 34 (Flight 8), currently two sections tall |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=September 23, 2024 |access-date=September 23, 2024}} and from there into Mega Bay 2.{{Cite tweet |number=1843600140545949946 |user=labpadre |title=The Ship 34 nosecone and payload section |date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}} On January 15, 2025, S34 rolled to Massey's for cryogenic testing.{{Cite tweet |number=1879628036678824111 |user=NASASpaceflight |last=Priel |first=Elisar |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Starship S34 (flight 8) rolling out to Masseys. |access-date=January 15, 2025}} It completed its first test on January 17,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXkJ_1wYsEA |title=The Starbase That Never Sleeps {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-01-19 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-20 |via=YouTube}} followed by a second cryo test.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLMxpXP9FHc |title=Booster Catch, Ship Failure & The Path to Starship Flight 8. Starbase Update |date=2025-01-20 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-21 |via=YouTube}} It then returned to Mega Bay 2 for engine and aft flap installation.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvn2ppjeDtw |title=New Chopsticks Soon on Starbase Tower 2? {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-01-23 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-24 |via=YouTube}} S34 rolled to Massey's for static fire testing on February 10.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxIayuCj5d4 |title=Starship Flight 8 Testing Begins With A 33 Engine Static Fire |series=Starbase Update |date=2025-02-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-11 |via=YouTube}} It conducted a long duration static fire on February 11,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ExgpezyuE |title=SpaceX Performs Static Fire with Ship 34 for Starship Flight 8 |date=2025-02-11 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=YouTube}} before returning to Mega Bay 2.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiaQByw-8fE |title=How Many Engineers Does it Take to Replace a Stop Sign? {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-02-15 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-16 |via=YouTube}} Starlink simulators were installed on March 1,{{Cite tweet |number=1896049552786145612|user=NASASpaceflight |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Starship Flight 8: Starlink Sim installation into Ship 34 now taking place. |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=Twitter}} after which S34 was rolled to the launch site and lifted onto B15 for launch.{{Cite tweet |number=1896232731341979861 |user=nasaspaceflight |date=March 2, 2025 |title=Starship Flight 8: Ship 34 heading to pad A! |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=Twitter}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWLExMk0CMI |title=The Stacking of Ship 34 and Booster 15 - Countdown to Launch |date=2025-03-02 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-02 |via=YouTube}} A launch attempt was aborted late into the count on March 3.{{Cite web |last=Wattles |first=Jackie |date=2025-03-03 |title=SpaceX calls off attempt to launch Starship’s 8th test flight |url=https://www.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-8-launch-03-03-25/index.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=CNN |language=en}} S34 was destacked on March 4,{{Cite tweet |number=1896950865778676040 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Starship Flight 8: Ship 34 destack. |date=March 4, 2025 |access-date=March 4, 2025 |website=Twitter}} and restacked on March 5 after an aborted attempt earlier that day.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKp3rbwHdWI |title=Stack Aborted! Starship Loses Part During Stacking - Countdown to Launch |date=2025-03-05 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-05 |via=YouTube}} On March 6, S34 launched with B15, successfully separating from the booster.{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Starship's Eighth Flight Test |url=https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8 |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=SpaceX}} Like on the previous flight, S34 was destroyed late into the ascent burn, spinning out of control before losing contact.{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Starship's Eighth Flight Test |url=https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8 |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=SpaceX}}

{{anchor|Ship 35}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 9}}

S35's payload bay was rolled into the High Bay ahead of stacking with its nosecone.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfrvlrjt3E |title=Booster 14 Spin Prime Test Sparks Curiosity at Starbase |date=2024-12-09 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Starbase Update |access-date=2024-12-10 |via=YouTube}} Stacking was completed on January 31,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vt3ejB7eo |title=Pad B's Major Milestones: Chopsticks, Tank Farm, and Flame Trench Developments |date=2025-02-03 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-02-04 |via=YouTube}} with S35 rolling to Massey's on March 10.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk0NlWg2lvM&t=128s |title=The One that Came Back - Booster 15 Returns as Pad B Shapes Up {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-03-13 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=2:08 |access-date=2025-03-14 |via=YouTube}} It conducted three cryogenic tests on March 11 and 12,{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2025 |title=Starship Flight 9: Ship 35 is undergoing its second cryo, closely watched by Booster 16, at SpaceX's Masseys test site. |url=https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1899880056014725540 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |website=Twitter}}{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2025-03-13 |title=SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/03/spacex-flight-8-what-now/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} and returned to the production site on March 13.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PnqC0fkJ7Y |title=Testing of New Ships Forges Ahead at Starbase {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-03-16 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-03-17 |via=YouTube}} On April 29, S35 was rolled to Massey's,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIorPooOH_0 |title="Big Flash! And Then A Continuing Bit Of Flames!" {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-05-03 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-04 |via=YouTube}} before aborting a static fire the same day.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/HsyRB3n08Sw |title=SpaceX Performs Static Fire of Ship 35 in Preparation for Starship Flight 9 |language=en |access-date=2025-04-30 |via=www.youtube.com}} It conducted a single engine static fire on April 30,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02oWKnc7Hqs |title=SpaceX is Testing Ship 35 in Preparation for Starship Flight 9 |date=2025-04-30 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=23:00 |access-date=2025-05-01 |via=YouTube}} replicating an "in-space burn".{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2025 |title=The Starship preparing for our ninth flight test completed a single engine static fire demonstrating an in-space burn |url=https://x.com/spacex/status/1918036064196772269 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Twitter}} After a static fire was aborted on May 1,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrdMjTetCI |title=SCRUB: SpaceX Performs A Second Static Fire of Ship 35 |date=2025-05-01 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-02 |via=YouTube}} S35 performed a long duration second static fire on the same day,{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2025-05-03 |title=As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet of Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/05/ship-35-sf-spacex-has-fleet-vehicles-flight/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}} before returning to Mega Bay 2 for inspections. After a week in Mega Bay 2, it was rolled to Massey's for additional static fire testing.{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2025 |title=Just over a week after its last trip, Starship S35 made the trip back to Masseys from Mega Bay 2, for some bonus static fire testing, before it get the go ahead to proceed to the launch site for Flight 9, potentially later this month. |url=https://x.com/ENNEPS/status/1921315774829834745 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Twitter}} A static fire attempt was aborted on May 11,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXIXgi7a4s8 |title=SpaceX Reattempts the Static Fire of Ship 35 |date=2025-05-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-11 |via=YouTube}} with the long duration test being completed on May 12.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTf4kyh9iE |title=DOUBLE HEADER: Flight 9 Ship Tested as Pad B Launch Mount Lifted |date=2025-05-12 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-12 |via=YouTube}} It was then rolled back into Mega Bay 2 on May 13,{{Cite web |last=Beil |first=Adrian |date=May 13, 2025 |title=And here we go. Booster 14-2 on the Pad. Ship 35 back in Mega Bay 2 for final checkouts. This is your Flight 9 Stack, currently targeting May 21. |url=https://x.com/BCCarCounters/status/1922231591360757911 |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=Twitter}} before returning to Massey's for additional engine testing.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4frvuPgi5Vw |title=Starship 35 Rolls to Masseys for Testing |date=2025-05-21 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-21 |via=YouTube}} It aborted a spin prime attempt on May 22,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwQLw-5bdtU |title=SCRUB: SpaceX Performs Engine Testing of Ship 35 |date=2025-05-22 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-22 |via=YouTube}} completing the test later that day.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRr-c5ukom4 |title=SpaceX Performs Engine Testing of Ship 35 |date=2025-05-22 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-23 |via=YouTube}} It returned to Mega Bay 2 on May 23,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCdH90-W448 |title="I need to get on a plane to Starbase..." {{!}} SpaceX Starbase |date=2025-05-24 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-24 |via=YouTube}} where it received its eight Starlink simulators on May 24.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnlqXZHxwk |title=SpaceX Rolls Out Booster 14-2 Ahead of Starship Flight 9 |date=2025-05-12 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-25 |via=YouTube}} S35 rolled to the launch site on May 25,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDwiUJ0WT7c |title=Ship 35 Rolls to the Launch Site for Starship Flight 9 |date=2025-05-24 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-25 |via=YouTube}} where it was lifted onto B14.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_YO1ct1DZc |title=Booster is Back, Ship Remains to be Stacked - Countdown to Launch |date=2025-05-25 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-26 |via=YouTube}} S35 launched atop B14 on May 25, and successfully separated from the booster.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAdLlG9Rfd4 |title=SpaceX Starship Flight 9 |date=2025-05-21 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-05-27 |via=YouTube}} Unlike on flights 7 and 8, S35 successfully made it past engine cutoff. Due to an issue with the payload door, it did not deploy its eight Starlink simulators. Additionally, a fuel leak resulted in a loss of attitude control of the ship. This resulted in S35 being safed before reentry, which includes the venting of all onboard propellant.

{{anchor|Ship 36}}

S36's payload bay and nosecone rolled into Mega Bay 2 in mid February. Stacking completed after one month.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-lDpo89hg |title=Despite Flight 8’s Failure, SpaceX Races Ahead Towards Mars {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2025-03-18 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=17:00 |access-date=2025-03-20 |via=YouTube}} On April 26, S36 was rolled to Massey's for cryogenic testing, where it conducted a cryogenic test on April 27. It returned to the production site on April 29. S36 was rolled to Massey's on June 15,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd4zzVWx630 |title=Starship 36 Rolls to Masseys for Testing Ahead of Starship Flight 10 |date=2025-06-15 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-06-15 |via=YouTube}} followed by a single engine static fire test on June 16.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXMWNp-nPf4 |title=SpaceX Performs A Static Fire of Ship 36 |date=2025-06-16 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-06-16 |via=YouTube}} While being fueled ahead of an expected six-engine static fire test on June 19, S36 exploded, creating a large fireball which engulfed much of the Massey's test site.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKwWclAKYa0 |title=SpaceX Performs A Second Static Fire of Ship 36 |date=2025-06-17 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-06-19 |via=YouTube}}

{{anchor|Ship 37}}

{{See also|Starship flight test 10}}

S37's payload bay and nosecone was moved into Mega Bay 2 on March 15. It's CH4 transfer tubes were moved into MB2 in mid April.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiADMTDkHwQ |title=🚨 Goodbye High Bay + Hello Pad B Flame Trench! {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2025-04-14 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-04-22 |via=YouTube}} On May 29, S37 was rolled to Massey's for cryogenic testing.{{Cite web |last=Priel |first=Elisar |date=May 29, 2025 |title=Days after flight 9, SpaceX is already busy preparing for future flights of Starship, with S37 (potentially flight 11) taking a early morning trip to Masseys, as it starts its testing campaign with some cryo testing. |url=https://x.com/ENNEPS/status/1928035582569013412 |access-date=May 29, 2025 |website=Twitter}} After completing these tests, it returned to Mega Bay 2 on June 4.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ULn5eFMfI |title="Did the Booster just Hit the Stand??" {{!}} SpaceX Starbase |date=2025-06-07 |last=NASASpaceflight |time=1:28 |access-date=2025-06-07 |via=YouTube}}

{{anchor|Ship 38}}

S38's nosecone was stacked onto its payload bay with flaps in mid April 2025.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiADMTDkHwQ |title=Goodbye High Bay + Hello Pad B Flame Trench! {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2025-04-14 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-04-22

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{{anchor|Ship 39}}

S39's LOX header tank was spotted in Starfactory on March 16.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GFgMH52gmdY |title=After Static Fire, Booster 14 Rolls Back for More Launch Preps {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-04-09 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-04-22 |via=YouTube}} It was installed into its nosecone on April 9.

Liquid Oxygen Header Test Tank (LOX HTT) was based on the LOX Header tank, as well as surrounding parts of the nosecone. On January 24, 2020, the tank underwent a pressurization test which lasted several hours.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-VwbhiZOk |title=Starship Header Tank Pressurization Test |date=January 25, 2020 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524065257/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-VwbhiZOk |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} The following day it was tested to destruction.

SN2 was a test tank used to test welding quality and thrust puck design. The thrust puck is found on the bottom of the vehicle where in later Starship tests up to three sea-level Raptor engines would be mounted. SN2 passed a pressure test on March 8, 2020.{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=March 1, 2020 |title=Second Starship prototype damaged in pressurization test |url=https://spacenews.com/second-starship-prototype-damaged-in-pressurization-test/ |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=SpaceNews}}{{Cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=March 10, 2020 |title=SpaceX's latest Starship prototype passes big tank pressure test |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn2-prototype-pressure-test.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311202449/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn2-prototype-pressure-test.html |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |website=Space.com}}

SN7 was a pathfinder test article for the switch to type 304L stainless steel. A cryogenic proof test was performed on June 15, 2020, achieving a pressure of {{cvt|7.6|bar|psi}} before a leak occurred. During a pressurize to failure test on June 23, 2020, the tank burst at an unknown pressure.{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |title=Starship SN7 History |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/3 |access-date=February 9, 2021 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}

SN7.1 was the second 304L test tank, with the goal of reaching a higher failure pressure. The tank was repeatedly tested in September, and tested to destruction on September 23.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpRzf6_0wg |title=Starship's SN7.1 Pushed To Failure (Time Lapse) |date=September 23, 2020 |last=LabPadre Space |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223094114/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpRzf6_0wg |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} The bulkhead came apart at a pressure of {{cvt|8|bar|psi|round=5}} in ullage and {{Cvt|9|bar|psi|round=5|comma=}} at base.{{Cite tweet |number=1309915379041402881 |user=elonmusk |title=8 bar differential in ullage, 9 bar at base due to propellant head. It's enough. Improvements in work. |date=September 26, 2020}}

SN7.2 was created to test thinner walls, and therefore, lower mass. It is believed to be constructed from 3 mm steel sheets rather than the 4 mm thickness of its predecessors.{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=January 27, 2021 |title=SpaceX's thin-skinned Starship 'test tank' passes first trial |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-test-tank-thin-skin-first-trial/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |website=Teslarati |quote=Known as Starship SN7.2, SpaceX’s latest ‘test tank’ is the third to carry the SN7 moniker and appears to have been built primarily to test refinements to the rocket’s structural design...the tank’s most important task is determining if future Starships (and perhaps Super Heavy boosters) can be built out of thinner, lighter steel rings. Its domes appear to be identical to past ships but writing on the exterior of the tank strongly implied that its three rings were built out of 3mm steel rather than the 4mm sheets that have made up every Starship built in the last 12 months.}} On January 26, 2021, SN7.2 passed a cryogenic proof test. On February 4, during a pressurize to failure test, the tank developed a leak.{{Cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |title=Starship SN7.2 History |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/13 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}} On March 15, SN7.2 was retired.{{Cite tweet |number=1371464710072250368 |user=BocaChicaGal |title=Starship SN7.2 is headed back to the production site at SpaceX Boca Chica. |author=Mary |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411073706/https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/1371464710072250368 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOiiDOuSXsM |title=Starship SN11 Abort Static Fire – SN7.2 Moved to the Production Site |date=March 15, 2021 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508012205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOiiDOuSXsM |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}

S24.1 was a test article design to test the redesigned aft section present on Block 1 ships after S24. It conducted a single test on the can-crusher on October 7, 2022. After this test failed, it received modifications before completing two tests on December 5 and December 6.{{Cite web |last=Jax |date=2022-12-31 |title=Remembering 2022: What Happened to Starship This Year? |url=https://ringwatchers.com/article/2022-in-review |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Ringwatchers}}{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2025|reason=A reliable sources noticeboard discussion has reached the consensus that Ringwatchers is not a reliable source.|certain=yes}}

S26.1 was a test tank designed to test the aft section of Block 1 ships after S24.1's failure. It conducted two tests on the can-crusher, before being moved off in July 2023.{{Cite episode |title=Launch site discussion |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmSExl1sGU |series=Starbase Weekly |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=July 8, 2023 |number=81 |via=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2023-07-12}} On September 21, 2023, it was tested to destruction.{{Citation |title=Starbase Isn't Slowing Down! {{!}} SpaceX Starbase Update |date=September 25, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkySbrJbG4 |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en}}

S24.2 was a test article designed to test the payload bay of Starlink dispenser vehicles.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE1ZB9ZsVBQ |title=Massive Plumbing Installed for the OLM Deluge Plate |date=July 12, 2023 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2023-07-12}} On September 28, 2023, it was moved to the Massey's test site. It performed two tests before subsequently being scrapped.

TT16 is a test tank designed for testing the Block 2 ship aft section,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7jn6d9VarI |title=New Launch Tower is Rising Quickly |date=2024-07-20 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-07-20 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite episode |title=Major Progress and Deliveries for Tower 2! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHpEH2ul6Go |series=Starbase Flyover Update |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=2024-07-25 |number=51 |via=YouTube |access-date=2024-07-26}} consisting of an aft section and a small common dome section. Its official designation is not yet known. On July 18, it was rolled to the Massey's test site for structural testing. It conducted two cryogenic tests on July 25,{{Cite episode |title=Ship 30 Static Fire Test Completed! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-AN4srtnKQ |series=Starbase Weekly |last=RGV Aerial Photography |date=2024-07-27 |number=126 |via=YouTube |access-date=2024-07-27}} followed by another test on September 6, 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvePyK1dhxk |title=Chopsticks Perform Catch Simulation |date=2024-09-08 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2024-09-08 |via=YouTube}} It was returned to the production site in early October for scrapping.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-unsIknyABY |title=Flight 6 Preps Underway |date=2024-10-21 |publisher=NASASpaceflight |series=Starbase Update |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}} In January 2025, it was moved into Starfactory, potentially to test modifcations made to S34.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskaOP1LB_E |title=And Then There Were Two (Towers with Chopsticks) {{!}} SpaceX Boca Chica |date=2025-01-30 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2025-01-31 |via=YouTube}} On February 4, it rolled to Masseys for additional testing, this time of the bumpers needed to enable a ship to be caught.

Test Tank 1 (TT1) was a subscale test tank consisting of two forward bulkheads connected by a small barrel section. TT1 was used to test new materials and construction methods. On January 10, 2020, TT1 was tested to failure as part of an ambient temperature test, reaching a pressure of {{cvt|7.1|bar|psi|lk=on}}.{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=January 12, 2020 |title=SpaceX just blew up a Starship tank on purpose and Elon Musk says the results are in |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-blew-up-starship-tank-on-purpose-elon-musk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415215328/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-blew-up-starship-tank-on-purpose-elon-musk/ |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2023}}

Test Tank 2 (TT2) was another subscale test tank similar to TT1. On January 27, 2020, TT2 underwent an ambient temperature pressure test where it reached a pressure of {{cvt|7.5|bar|psi}} before a leak occurred.{{Cite tweet |number=1221938474233868288 |user=elonmusk |title=Starship 9m test tank made 7.5 bar at room temp! Small leak at a weld double. Will be repaired & retested at cryo. https://t.co/Bz3lrwkYRU |first=Elon |last=Musk |author-link=Elon Musk |date=2020-01-27 |access-date=2021-08-22 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603022254/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1221938474233868288 |archive-date=2021-06-03 |url-status=live}} Two days later, it underwent a cryogenic proof test to destruction, bursting at {{Cvt|8.5|bar|psi}}.{{Cite tweet |number=1222367293197488129 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Farewell Test Tank 2, and we thank you. https://t.co/Je69rLmr28 https://t.co/AUpIb7kv24 |author=Chris Bergin – NSF |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=22 August 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123064620/https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1222367293197488129 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet |number=1222367193293213696 |user=elonmusk |title=8.5 bar |first=Elon |last=Musk}}

GSE 4.1 was first spotted in August 2021 and was the first ground support equipment (GSE) test tank built, made from parts of GSE 4. It underwent a cryogenic proof test in August 2021 before it was rolled to the Sanchez site.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlsuTrvnp4&t=837s |title=GSE Test Tank Undergoes Cryogenic Proof Testing |date=August 26, 2021 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2022-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427001453/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlsuTrvnp4&t=837s |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |url-status=live}} It was rolled back to the launch site in November 2021, where it underwent an apparent cryogenic proof test to failure on January 18, 2022, where it burst at an unknown pressure.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx_Ae1MDTH4&t=244s |title=GSE-4 Tank Fails During Testing |date=January 18, 2022 |language=en |series=SpaceX Boca Chica |access-date=2022-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811082609/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx_Ae1MDTH4&t=244s |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}

EDOME was a test tank created to test flatter domes, possibly used on future Starship prototypes. It was moved to the launch site in July 2022, and then back to the production site the next month, after undergoing no tests.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lPF-O7B7U |title=Why SpaceX Could Be Forced To Abandon Starship Payloads Until 2024! |date=March 22, 2023 |publisher=CSI Starbase |language=en |access-date=2023-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213003040/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lPF-O7B7U |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} It was later moved from the production site to the Massey's test site in late September 2022, where it was damaged during a cryogenic pressure test to failure. After repairs, it was tested to destruction in late October 2022.

EDOME 2 was a test tank which is likely designed to continue testing a flatter dome design. As of October 4, 2023, its official designation is unknown. It was tested once, before being scrapped for unknown reasons.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unyhowuOd_w |title=The SpaceX Military Starship Is Real! How's This Going To End? |date=December 12, 2023 |publisher=What about it!? |language=en |access-date=2023-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212203845/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=unyhowuOd_w |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}

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