Starship | Flight 8
FailureEighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
FAILURE REASON
Ship 34 lost 4 out of 6 Raptors at around T+8:00 and entered unrecoverable roll.
MISSION DETAILS
Test Flight
TYPE
Sub
ORBIT
Starship V2
VEHICLE
Launch Failure
STATUS
Orbital Launch Pad 1
LAUNCH PAD
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
LOCATION
SpaceX
PROVIDER
LAUNCH WINDOW
WINDOW OPEN
Mar 6, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC
WINDOW CLOSE
Mar 7, 2025, 12:30 AM UTC
PROGRAM
SpaceX Starship
The SpaceX Starship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX since 2012, as a self-funded private spaceflight project. The second stage of the Starship — is designed as a long-duration cargo and passenger-carrying spacecraft. It is expected to be initially used without any booster stage at all, as part of an extensive development program to prove out launch-and-landing and iterate on a variety of design details, particularly with respect to the vehicle's atmospheric reentry.
RELATED VEHICLES
Booster 18
destroyed
Starship V3
First Block 3 Super Heavy booster with various enhancements including Raptor 3 engines, integrated interstage and 3 grid fins instead of 4 used. Originally planned for usage on the 12th Starship flight test, but was written off after severely damaged during gas system pressure testing on 21 November 2025.
SN8
destroyed
Starship Prototype
SN8 was destroyed when attempting to land after its first flight due to low header tank pressure during landing burn.
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