Reusable First Stages

Initially scheduled for 23–25 Sep, carried dummy payload – mass simulator, 165 kg (originally intended to be RazakSAT.

Booster expended during the second successful flight of Falcon 1.

First New Glenn first stage booster. Named "So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance". Lost on its first flight during descent towards LPV1 Ja...

Second New Glenn first stage booster. Named "Never Tell Me The Odds". Used for the second New Glenn launch with EscaPADE, becoming the firs...

Third New Glenn first stage booster. Named "No, It's Necessary". Destroyed before 1st flight during pre-launch static fire on 28 May 2026.

First stage booster used on the 1st flight of CASC's Long March 12A rocket. Booster attempted to land downrange on its dedicated landing pa...

First stage booster used on the 1st flight of CASC/CACL's Long March 12B rocket. No booster recovery was attempted, but the booster had lan...

Starship Mk1 was partially destroyed during max pressure tank testing, when the forward LOX tank ruptured along a weld line of the craft's...

New Shepard 1 was destroyed on landing during its first flight.

The New Shepard 2 or NS2, made five successful flights in 2015 and 2016, being retired after its fifth flight in October 2016. It was the f...

New Shepard vehicle #3 was the third flight vehicle of the New Shepard suborbital rocket. It suffered an anomaly during its ninth flight.

New Shepard vehicle #4 is the fourth flight vehicle of the New Shepard suborbital rocket. It was used for Blue Origin's first crewed launch...

5th New Shepard booster.

Sarge 1 is the first SARGE reusable sounding rocket.

SN1 was destroyed when undergoing pressurization.

SN10 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN9. SN10 was destroyed during an explosion on the pad after landing.

SN11 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN10 and SN9. It got destroyed during its first flight to an altitude of 10 km.

Next Starship prototype built after SN11. It features hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics, software and engine. Fi...

Last suborbital Starship prototype built after SN15, to which it is similar in design. SN16 was later scrapped as SpaceX gathered all data...

SN2 successfully went through a pressure and cryo test, but was not used for a static fire or hop.

SN3's cryo test failed, the result being the LOX (Liquid Oxygen) Tank collapsing due to underpressurisation.

On April 26, 2020, SN4 successfully completed a cryogenic pressure test. On May 29, 2020, SN4 exploded after engine testing.

Fifth prototype of the Starship prototype vehicle. On the 4th of August, SN5 completed a 150m hop, its first successful launch and landing....

Starship SN6 first flew on Sept. 3rd in Boca Chica, Texas with a single Raptor engine. It flew to height of 150m before landing safely. SN6...

Intentionally destroyed during a pressurization test.

SpaceX Test tank for 304L Stainless Steel. Top bulkhead intentionally burst during pressure testing.

SpaceX test tank for 3mm stainless steel sheets. Retired after two pressure tests.

SN8 was destroyed when attempting to land after its first flight due to low header tank pressure during landing burn.

SN9 is the first starship prototype to be fully made of 304L stainless steel. It was destroyed on landing after its first flight.

First prototype of the Starship vehicle. Starhopper was a short test article that flew once to a height of 150m before landing safely.

T1E, which stands for Themis 1-Engine Evolution, is the second Themis demonstrator flight model, designed for medium-altitude hop tests at...

T1H, which stands for Themis 1-Engine Hop, is the first Themis demonstrator flight model, designed for low-altitude hop tests at the Esrang...

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