SpaceX's Biggest Starship Flight Is A Spectacular Success Even After Crash Landing

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Published 2020-12-09

We'd been waiting for this first big flight for a long time, but finally Starship Serial Number 8 took to the skies, propelled by 3 raptor engines, headed for the stratosphere where it carefully flipped onto its belly for a controlled aerodynamic descent followed by a powered landing.
In the end the landing failed due to fuel supply issues, but it looks like a way more successful flight that engineers had dared to hope for, with the vehicle demonstrating entirely new flight modes never seen before.

All Comments (21)

@Nails077 3 years ago

Nose cone didn't get completely destroyed. This is a perfectly acceptable landing by kerbal standards.
@Rooster26271 3 years ago

this bottle flipping trend is getting out of hand
@tiffany352 3 years ago

"engine-rich exhaust" I love these rocketry euphemisms so much
@Manijakh 3 years ago

This is the most Kerbal thing I have ever seen in real life.
@PH-G 3 years ago

This is the craziest thing I've ever watched on livestream no question
@bonevgm 3 years ago

I cannot stop smiling, while watching this. This is probably how people felt during the Apolo space program era. History in the making.
@justwrapapi 3 years ago

SpaceX is literally playing KSP in real life and I'm loving every moment of it !
@blackhawks81H 3 years ago

This is bittersweet for me. My dad passed away early in the morning on the day of this test. He loved SpaceX and was really looking forward to seeing it. Never got the chance. I'd love to see this program succeed in the long run as it would have made him very happy. This is one of the things we shared, had in common and really enjoyed watching together.
@tenaciousrodent6251 3 years ago

Best moment of 2020. I have never seen a machine die so heroically and determined to win.
@Anorcus 3 years ago

Meanwhile Starship hopper is just out here getting traumatized seeing his family members explode in front of him
@larrycook8540 3 years ago

A million things went right, and an area of concern was identified. This was a huge success, congratulations to the Spacex team!
@SqualingtonConstantine 3 years ago

That was probably the most badass rocket test I've ever seen. Love how majestically this absolute unit uprights itself before landing.
@jord1215 3 years ago

can we just appreciate the aerospace engineers pulling all this stuff off? can’t imagine how complex this stuff would be
@brianhaygood183 3 years ago

"Engine rich exhaust" is an outstanding expression.
@WiliiamNoTell 3 years ago

The best explanation I've heard so far on this first mission. Most of the other YouTube channels sounded like 3rd grade commentators. Great work mr. Scott!
@lavapix 3 years ago

The cameras were saying yeah, we're going to die. The ending looked like something out of a Buck Rodgers episode.
@Anamnesia 3 years ago

Of all the reviews that will be made of this launch, it was the Scott Manley analysis that I wanted to see first!
@ublade82 3 years ago

"Sir, we're running low on fuel!" "Burn the engines! DAMN YOU!"
@robk5969 3 years ago

watched this live, but i cant get over how cool this is, keep having to come back to these videos.
@CHL41993 3 years ago

11:25 it is crazy when you realize those little boxes around the pad were full-size containers.