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Dear everyone who brags about the size of their gaming monitor.
Your move.
(Photo by
@enkode_kender
at
@EvergreenMuseum
)
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Previously, at the Spaceport that Doesn't Exist... (🔊)
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Was pulling SN8 footage off the cameras and stumbled across this...
What could it mean?
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Take the time to watch a sunset with a friend...
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Fireworks over Starbase tonight... caught by one of our
@NASASpaceflight
robotic cameras.
Be on the lookout for the finale at about 1:00, and cheers
@elonmusk
!🎇
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Whoa.
@goaliebear88
over at Port Canaveral caught the
#DM2
booster as it rolled into CCAFS.
Talk about a close-up!
Full Video:
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It was foretold 🤯
Was pulling SN8 footage off the cameras and stumbled across this...
What could it mean?
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At T+6 seconds, there is not a single person in this world who expected to hear "Our next objective is Max Q" 30 seconds later.
If I'm ever out that way, I'm buying the
@Astra
GNC team a round. LV0006 maintaining control in that situation was nothing short of impressive.🍻
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Here's one for the students this morning:
School busses are big, right? The *rear flaps* of Starship are bigger than a school bus.
What a field trip. We went to see old dinosaur bones.
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One last shot...
Now we race across the channel to get set up for live commentary on our rooftop command center.
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I was born too late for Apollo, and too early to go to Mars.
But just right to help share this with the world.
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Soon, the fledgling starship must leave the nest and begin its hunt for sustenance. It conceals itself in foliage, slowly creeping towards an unsuspecting herd of methalox at a nearby watering hole.
Catch the whole SN9 rollout video w/
@BocaChicaGal
:
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A ton of people ask how
@SpaceX
removes the lifting straps from the top of Starship...
The real question is, how did they get the star up there? More found footage from Boca Chica.
Happy holidays, yall.
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In a hurry? Here's 1.5 hours of Superheavy Booster 7 cryo in less than 30s.
Test is ongoing over at
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE:
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Recovery motion on SN15!
This is important. A Starship secured and moved in a controlled manner by ground crews, AFTER a 10km flight.
Views are still live w/
@NASASpaceflight
, improving as the sun starts to dip:
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Another traffic jam out at Boca Chica...
How do you explain this one to your boss? 😅
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SpaceX crews worked through the night to safely right the snoozing SN9 prototype, as captured by this
@NASASpaceflight
robotic camera deployed by
@BocaChicaGal
.
Follow on YouTube to see the full res edit in our daily update video later tonight:
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Who here ACTUALLY understood the level of activity at SpaceX's McGregor engine test facility? 2 tests a month? 1 a week?
They capped off an astounding 7 tests TODAY with a beauty. Train ain't stopping til there's boots on Mars.
🔊Experience it with us:
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Two lifts is serious business out at Boca Chica.
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The 6th Starcatcher tower section made its way to the launch site this morning.... with the
@NASASpaceflight
team on all the angles.
Check out how the SPMT levels itself as it comes around the banked corner... keeping the tower section COM under control. Very cool tech.
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Props to the nerd who labeled Starhopper in all the official FAA document renders. 😅
Bonus Cybertruck too 🤔
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SEE PEOPLE WHO WATCH ROCKET LIVESTREAMS WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE THE ROCKET THEY DON'T WANT IT IN A TINY PIP OR GOD FORBID A BUNCH OF TAKING HEADS IN A STUDIO I MEAN SERIOUSLY EVEN IF THERE'S A MAP OR GRAPHIC TO SHOW WE ALWAYS KEEP THE ROCKET ON THE SCREEN WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE ARI
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The Starship catch/stack arm system "Chopsticks" came alive for the first time this morning, swinging to the left relative to the tower around 6:37 AM CDT.
This is the first of many motions we expect to see performed by the massive machinery.
via🖥️
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This is perhaps the BEST illustration of how atmosphere affects clarity.
As the station passes overhead you have less atmosphere in the way. It gets so clear you can see Dragon parked out front.
Tracking the
#ISS
just before dawn during a pass last week, with
#SpaceX
's Crew Dragon Endeavour parked out front. Field of view is about 0.02 deg wide.
11" SCT on an equatorial mount, using homebrew pointing control code to follow the TLE.
@metrolinaszabi
@Erdayastronaut
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Ship 24 testing in full swing at Starbase... as evidenced by another cascade of thermal tiles during this vent. Looks like they're still working on the vent clearance and the tile attachment system.
Follow along with us live via
@nasaspaceflight
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I have
@NASASpaceflight
StarbaseLIVE on my TV all day (quite literally, my job).
I hear a thousand work trucks drive by our cameras every day... but suddenly...
🔊🔊🔊THAT'S not a truck. 😅
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Was getting a bit hot in the backyard so we had a tree installed.
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Apparently, Starbase is going for a more laid-back vibe today, with the installation of massive Starship-sized wind chimes on the launch tower.
Hangin' out (heh) over at
@NASASpaceflight
's
Starbase LIVE: 🔴
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We see a few minutes of excitement during the launch (or test)... but remember the folks doing the work, night and day, that make it possible.
~48 hours of prep, out of many, for Booster 3.
🎶Jams by
@Popskyy
, vid via
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE:
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14. b. Remote wildlife viewing opportunities, you say?
Mitigated. 😅
A great blue heron seen near of our
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE cams this morning:
🔴
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📢ATTENTION STARBASE PERSONNEL:
Please clear the orbital pad...
...for a Cybertruck drone photoshoot. 😅
(watch again to spot the drone)
via
@NASASpaceflight
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Starbase Fans: A grass fire on Boca Chica Beach damaged equipment at one of our camera locations today.
We've been in contact with the local fire department to learn more and provide information that may be of assistance.
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It's awesome that Starship launched again.
... but it's even more important that so many people were excited about it.
We need interest, enthusiasm, and support for these endeavors... At ALL levels... from the kids watching to the politicians wrangling laws and dollars.
From the entire SpaceX team, thank you to our customers, Cameron County, spaceflight fans, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement.
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Remember, if you begin deploying the
@NASAWebb
port mid-boom at exactly 9:20 AM EST on Dec 31st, the full sunshield will fold into place at exactly midnight to ring in the new year.
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How do you wrangle
@Erdayastronaut
into an interview? This seems to work.🤣
Join
@NASASpaceflight
today as
@thejackbeyer
and
@spacecoast_stve
chat with Tim about his "Little Passion Project" on NSF Live!
🔴
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Those raptors sure stick off the side a bit, eh? 😮
The
@NASASpaceflight
crew is watching LIVE:
🔴
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We release a lot of "sped up" video to squeeze hours of work into a few seconds of vid... but not this one.
This is up-close SN15 flap motion, played in real time.🤯
Be on the lookout this evening for our daily
@nasaspaceflight
Starship video:
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Good Morning from
@NASASpaceflight
Livestream Control!
@BocaChicaGal
and the crew are standing by for the rollout of SN11, expected to move to the test site today. Road closure begins at 9 AM CST.
Join us LIVE in... about an ~hour:
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Super Heavy Booster BN1 was stacked yesterday, as seen in this 3+ hour time lapse. The top of the crane and segment it lifted were moving a LOT... more apparent when the video is sped up.
More video from
@BocaChicaGal
and Robot Friends:
🖥️
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To be clear, these are corrective actions identified and recommended by SpaceX during the SpaceX-led mishap investigation following Starship Flight 1.
SpaceX has been working on this list for almost 5 months.
Congrats to SpaceX for completing & documented the 57 items required by the FAA for Flight 2 of Starship!
Worth noting that 6 of the 63 items refer to later flights.
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SN10 tried to be sneaky, but the robot camera is very patient. Hard to hide 50m of stainless steel rollin' down the road.
Yall thought I forgot... didn't you? 😅
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Starship is a lot smaller than I remember... 🤔
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OK, Twitter vs YouTube Short. Same (basic) video, uploaded two places. This is the, uh... "fast" version of the RTLS video... 😅
The short has an 19 hour/6400 view headstart. Will Twitter beat it?
Full
@NASASpaceflight
explainer video here:
➡️
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SpaceX is very good at doing things that do not look real. You almost have to suspend your disbelief.
This is real. And its about to pass within yards of one of our
@NASASpaceflight
remote camera installations, live.
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Our air is a fluid.
Look at the eddies of fog flowing around the highbay early this morning...
Via
@NASASpaceflight
🔴
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Well,
@NASAWebb
popped 107 corks almost a half-million miles from home. I'd call that a happy new year!
Webb's sunshield was secured for flight with 107 individual pins, called 'non explosive actuators' which were designed to keep all 5 layers of the sunshield tidy for launch. With the completion of this deployment, all of them have now been successfully released.
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Never thought I'd see SpaceX pivot to ULA-style SMART reuse. 🤔
Views of B1058 on the deck of Just Read the Instructions. Starlink 6-32 was the 19th launch and landing of this booster. The crew encountered rough conditions not far from Port Canaveral. Farewell old friend.
@NASASpaceflight
SCL views:
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Every morning, I have one of our
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE cameras programmed to turn and watch the sunrise.
Here's this morning...
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Remote-controlled PTZ camera on home-built infrastructure tracked Starship all the way to booster pop. Nice work, Gage!
Video below is my tracking shot of Starship Flight Test 2 from one of our
@NASASpaceflight
Trailer cams that was deployed only 1000 feet away from the pad! I used my Trackpad Pro from all the way in Columbus Ohio! Check out the Recap Video here:
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They don't know we're up here...
...preparing for Flight 4.
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Earlier today, Artemis I rolled back into the VAB to shelter from Hurricane Ian, as seen in this 2.5 hour timelapse.
Our
@NASASpaceflight
cams are still rolling as KSC buckles down for the approaching storm:
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Starship Stakeout stream is back! SN15 is still on the landing pad, so we're watching to see what SpaceX has planned next... Currently, the big unfinished crane is on the move.
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I solve practical problems. 🔧
Folks back at the
@NASASpaceflight
studio, waiting to start the lift livestream, can watch their own bolts, thank you very much. I'm SUPER busy out here. 😅
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Its like SpaceX installed a rabbit in this Raptor 2... it kept going... and going... and going.
6 MINUTE RVAC test seen on
@NASASpaceflight
Slapped together a quick edit with a timer, but 🔊is🤪at 900% speed. Check the link to watch the full test.
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The stainless steel wiggle of excitement at the top. 😂
Video from
@BocaChicaGal
via our
@NASASpaceflight
livestream:
🖥️
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Shoutout to the space nerds 🤓
Happy Thanksgiving, yall.
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A severe storm rolls over SN15 (and our robotic camera) in this timelapse, captured today.
Check out the full daily video from
@BocaChicaGal
, with more angles (from a much nicer camera😅)
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So many amazing 3D artists and render folks out there, and quite a few expert photoshoppers.
I don't know how to do all that.
I do livestreams and remote robotic cameras.
Starship stacked on a super heavy:
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Happening now... Wrangling Raptors under Ship 20.
@BocaChicaGal
and
@NicAnsuini
working OVERTIME today.
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WOW... First Static Fire on a prototype Starship for
@SpaceX
! And it's still standing!
That's progress!
Clip from the
@NASASpaceflight
stream (on Twitch):
🎥
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Happening now... Raptor 64 being reinstalled on Booster 4.
@BocaChicaGal
has a camera spooled up roadside, sending to
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE:
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Unfortunately, we have been dealing with vandalism of our gear at this location recently.
We've found antenna wires intentionally cut and cameras tampered with. We are taking additional steps to protect our equipment going forward.
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Excellent, when KSP2 is released we can recreate the recent SN11 test flight. 😅
Oh, before we forget – we’ve been working on some proper clouds as well. Wait till you see how they look on Jool!
Special thanks to the cloud team: Zeng Rui, Li Bo, Wang Jiangtao, Chan Cheekin, Shi Qiang, Akram Parvez, Huang Zhilin & Steve Suhy.
#KSP2
#KSP2ShowAndTell
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Would posting this in advance been too much of a hint? 😅
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Steps in the right direction...
Time for another all-night chopstick vigil in
@NASASpaceflight
StarbaseLIVE.
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Yesterday, everyone's favorite crane detached from the tower and repositioned, in preparation to lift the next segment already standing by.
Lookout for LIVE
@NASASpaceflight
coverage this morning, and catch up on the latest update video while you wait:
📺
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Here's a peek at our
@NASASpaceflight
view of the
@SpaceX
#CRS20
Falcon Nebula last night.
Full res video coming once I get back to a computer that can handle the raw 4K footage. Old laptop almost melted.
Learn more about the mission while you wait:
📰
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At first glance you might say "Wait, where's the engine?"
Shouldn't there be a rocket engine nozzle sticking out the bottom and wiggling around?
THAT is why this is so cool. 👍
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Whelp.
It's a convoy, not the one we wanted to see under 20 hours to launch.
LR11000 is rising. This feels like a destack is coming.
Loadspreader and crane are related to the Hot Staging Ring, so Ship 25 has to come off first.
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@nextspaceflight
Here's the exact unit Michael was using for this specific track... a regular dome-up 25x PTZ with a custom control box and uplink.
Yeah, that's a closet rod used as an antenna mast. And some plumbing bits.
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Fog rolling onto the beach, past the orbital launch tower at Starbase this morning.
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Only real space fans will get this shirt... 😅
Saturday here we come!
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The moon rises over Raptor test stands at McGregor, TX.
Around 2 AM this morning, via
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OK, shoutout to the Port Canaveral security boat that literally body-blocked the folks who thought they were going to squeeze between the cruise ship and the dock.
Really? Did you not... SEE... the cruise ship?
Good Grief.🤦♂️
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A cryo shell is rolling at Starbase this morning...
(Not this fast, clearly. SpaceX is fast but good grief)
Starbase LIVE:
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Look, for everyone asking if there is confirmation of a tower lift today, my Official
@NASASpaceflight
Wind Condition Indicator reports that conditions may not be nominal for crane work at this time.
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What's going on at Starbase, on one screen:
1) The Wide Bay continues to rise
2) Crews continue work on joining a stacked Booster 5
3) After flap tests, Ship 20 awaits next steps
4) Work continues on the "Chopsticks" and Orbital Launch Mount
via 🔴
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Where there's a will... you know the rest.
Our
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE cameras sometimes look up, like more people should.
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The "Squid"🦑has been disconnected from the top of Ship 20... indicating it's free of the crane. Rollback to the Production Site may begin soon.
We're watching it closely over at
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE:
🔴
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Look, I need the robot cameras recharged but this is a bit much.
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Booster 3, the crane gang, and the tower are big... but that cloud is bigger.
Cloud watching with a thousand friends this morning on
@NASASpaceflight
Starbase LIVE:
🔴
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Well...
@NASASpaceflight
let me loose on the YouTube channel again.😅
You can see a ton of interesting things in that single-take RTLS video SpaceX released yesterday, so we tossed together a quick vid pointing some out. Please be nice.
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Ship 24 is limbering up before a potential static fire today.
Pad is clear, road is blocked, alerts are noticed... and the
@NASASpaceflight
team is standing by to cover the test.
Join us at ➡️ while we wait for cryo activity to begin...
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