Brady Kenniston
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Four of my favorites from
@RocketLab
's "Live and Let Fly" mission for the
@NatReconOfc
! What a gorgeous night for Electron.
Prints and downloads available here:
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Falcon Heavy's 27 Merlins breathing down on pad LC-39A lifting STP-2 into orbit!
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Headphone warning!
Our last views of
#Starship
#SN11
's flight, now with sound!
That's a big boom.
More on the
@NASASpaceflight
livestream:
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If you look closely at
@SpaceX
's footage of SN8 just after MECO, you can see the 3 reaction control thrusters in the nosecone firing to keep the vehicle stable as it transitions into the belly flop maneuver.
So cool!
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The amount of translation
#Starship
#SN10
does during its flip'n'burn is nuts!
Full video coming as soon as I possibly get all of the insane footage we captured downloaded & edited!
Watch the
@NASASpaceflight
livestream replay in the meantime!
▶️
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Gravity Turn!
My remote camera captured two frames to make up this composite streak of Falcon Heavy speeding out of our atmosphere.
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Elon Musk celebrates the first victory in a long string that will hopefully be the DM-2 mission. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have launched safely and successfully and are now headed to their orbital outpost, the International Space Station.
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I just came across the craziest piece of Space Shuttle footage I’ve ever seen. During the roll program on STS-114, this tracking footage clearly shows Commander Eileen Collins’ orange ACES suit through the window as they ascend toward orbit. 🤯
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SpaceX ignites Starship SN10's Raptor engines for the first time! It is unknown if the test was successful. Mary received a notice that testing may occur on Feb. 24th as well.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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From SpaceX's Flickr, this composite is potentially the most jaw dropping space related capture I've seen this year. Absolutely bananas.
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SpaceX appears to be constructing a new, wider High Bay to dramatically increase Starship & Super Heavy production and assembly cadence ahead of regular orbital missions.
Video from
@BocaChicaGal
and the NSF Robotic Camera Team. Edited by
@huslage
.
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And there she is, the other SpaceX Oil Rig, Phobos, that will be used as a floating spaceport for Starship!
The road to Mars runs through Pascagoula, Mississippi.
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Never thought my first magazine cover would be with
@AviationWeek
! This is a huge honor and highlight in my short career as a launch photog.
My photo of Elon Musk celebrating the successful launch of
@AstroBehnken
&
@Astro_Doug
is being featured on their late June edition.
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SpaceX’s Starship offshore platform, Phobos, has entered the Port of Pascagoula in Mississippi.
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Liftoff of Crew-2!
Flying for more astronauts to the International Space Station!
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Liftoff of Antares powered by two RD-181 engines! This shot is so sharp you can read the Cyrillic!
View the full launch gallery and support NASASpaceflight by subscribing to L2:
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New
@SpaceX
Booster thrust puck departing Bay Cast in Bay City, MI headed for Boca Chica, TX!
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Wow! This was my first time viewing a Starlink launch and I gotta say the new southeast trajectory rules.
Such a clear night for this one!
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I went out last night and spotted this on the Super Heavy Forward Dome Sleeve. The Forward Dome was on the Sleeving Stand and this sleeve was being rolled around.
Photos for
@NASASpaceflight
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The annular
#solareclipse2021
rose perfectly through Michigan’s mighty Mackinac Bridge this morning at sunrise.
Honestly one of the most awe inducing moments I’ve ever photographed.
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The new Launch Tower Section has made it into the Launch Site!
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This camera was clamped 80 feet up to the MARS water tower looking down at Electron!
It was placed before the rocket went vertical so it was mostly a guessing game on where exactly to point. Glad I guessed right!
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Look at all the concrete and debris being shot into the ocean. So much energy!
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Break out your sunglasses for my remote photos from
@northropgrumman
’s NG-12 launch this morning. You can read the Cyrillic on my engine shot 😎
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Introducing the Shuttle Landing System or "SLS". Building off the Space Shuttle's rich heritage, we are proud to announce this partnership with SpaceX to deliver traditional winged vehicles to planets without the facilities to land, launch, or even fly such spacecraft.
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Dang 4 years go already!
Falcon Heavy's demo flight was a huge turning point in my career and absolutely one of the most fun days of my life.
Photos for
@NASASpaceflight
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I love that
@Astra
is tweeting like any space fan would if they themselves built a rocket and sent it!
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Just wanted to say thank you to
@JimBridenstine
for being an incredible NASA administrator, not only for the agency and its programs, but to the public and media at large.
Through the wins and losses I’ve felt you’ve aimed to keep the agency open and honest.
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SpaceX unveils a new Starbase sign outside of the Propellant Production Site. SpaceX aims to incorporate the area as Starbase, TX as they push toward the first orbital launch.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Congrats
@NASA
on a great test of SLS’ four RS-25 main engines!
Check out Philip Sloss’ article on
@NASASpaceflight
:
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Three years for three cores! The first Falcon Heavy launch will always be on my list as one of the greatest experiences of my life.
I still can't believe it went on the first attempt. At the very end of the window, with the light absolutely perfect, Starman took to the skies.
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So… uhh… these were just driven over to the Propellant Production Site.
They look important.
Photo for
@NASASpaceflight
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This first stage has seen quite a lot! Both coasts of the US, three launch pads, droneship and RTLS landings, Crew Dragon, a commercial payload, and now carrying its 3rd set of Starlink satellites.
Thanks to
@julia_bergeron
's photo, I can bring you this awesome infographic!
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SpaceX is planning to rollout Starship SN15 as early as Monday. In preparation for its arrival, a hydraulic ram has been installed at Suborbital Pad A to simulate Raptor forces against its new Thrust Puck.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Today is Earth Day and SpaceX is doing their part by reusing this booster for the fourth time.
Check out this graphic detailing what previous flights the various parts flew on, excluding the satellites of course.
Photo by the wonderful
@julia_bergeron
!
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Holy Moly! Starship nearly sticks an insane landing attempt after its 12.5KM flight!
From launch to landing
@BocaChicaGal
&
@thejackbeyer
take you up close to witness the power of Starship's Raptor engines and its graceful belly flop back to Earth.
👉
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That’s going to be one tall tower. The full Starship stack is going to be ridiculous.
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Liftoff of Bob & Doug, ushering in the future of commercial human spaceflight!
This was the most emotional launch I’ve ever had the chance to photograph. Absolutely honored to be able to have the opportunity to capture history like this.
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As a spaceflight channel, this seems like a pretty important milestone.
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As a powerful lightning storm approaches, an octopus of a methane manifold was spotted outside the production tents. This will feed methane to each of Super Heavy's Raptor engines.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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As Starship SN15 is inspected for a potential second flight, SpaceX crews assemble two new massive cranes to assist in Orbital Launch Site construction.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Starship SN11 took flight in the dense fog but failed to make a successful landing and exploded shortly after registering low chamber pressure on the
#2
Raptor engine.
Hopefully SN15 is more successful!
Video from the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Crews added a new black cap to the blunt nosecone that currently resides in the mystery structure. It's unknown what the cap is for. Meanwhile, Starship SN15 freely sits on Pad A, untethered from Tankzilla.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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The Boca Chica team battens down the hatches as Hurricane Hanna begins to make landfall in South Texas. Starship SN5 remains standing tall after a scrubbed static fire attempt earlier this morning.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
👉
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That was the most incredible launch I have ever seen
@NASASpaceflight
&
@ChrisG_NSF
and celebrating with SpaceX employees at the NASA Causeway was an experience I’ll never forget!
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A whole new meaning to the “Moon to Mars” initiative.
And just like Deimos, Phobos is sporting her new name proudly!
My full gallery will be posted after I eat some BBQ 😎
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A size comparison of Raptor and Raptor Vacuum that will fly on Starship and the Saturn V's F-1 engine that started our journey to the moon.
Conclusion: The F-1 is a big boy.
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The first frame of my Crew-2 composite I posted earlier!
I absolutely love the color contrast from both sides of the streak.
5 minutes was a nearly perfect exposure time for this shot, really happy with how it came out!
Crew-2 Article:
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Falcon 9 put on a show this morning!
Check out this small clip of the first stage firing its RCS thrusters as the second stage (and astronauts) head toward orbit!
Highlight video should be on the
@NASASpaceflight
YouTube channel after I get my remote cameras back.
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A Vacuum Raptor engine, likely to be used on the first Orbital Test Flight, was spotted arriving at the Production Site. 3 vacuum engines may accompany the sea level engines on Ship 20.
Video from Tyler (
@TylerG1998
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Love seeing that blue meatball on the fairing!
Today
@Astra
static fired their LV0008 rocket for NASA’s ELaNa-41 mission.
(Photo: Astra / Brady Kenniston)
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Rising like a Phoenix from LC-39A.
This isn't the framing I had originally planned on but upon picking up the camera, I was in love! Never imagined a shot like this!
This shot and more available for print and download at the link above🔼🔼🔼
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Starship SN15's nosecone was lifted onto its tank section. SN15 is an upgraded version of the previous Starship prototypes that implements some major changes according to Elon.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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While we wait on a new confirmed date for Starlink, I think it's really cool to visualize just how much hardware is being reused on this flight. Only the second stage (and Starlink Satellites of course) are being flown new.
Made from
@julia_bergeron
's excellent photo!
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Starship SN15 is being prepared for a lift back onto the launch pad, this time Suborbital Pad B. It is unclear if it will be flown again but Elon has stated they may attempt to.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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This streak contains four humans having the time of their life!
I can wholeheartedly say I’m envious of the ride tonight.
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As SpaceX prepares for Starship's orbital test flight, Super Heavy Booster 4's CH4 and LOX tank sections are stacked in the High Bay. Meanwhile, Ship 20 has one of its forward flaps installed.
Video from
@BocaChicaGal
and the NSF Robot Camera Team
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Overnight, crews installed 29 Raptors onto Booster 4 as it's prepped to roll out for fit checks. Meanwhile, Ship 20 is moved of the Mid Bay for aft flap install.
Video from
@BocaChicaGal
and the NSF Robot Camera Team. Edit by Nate Shields
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Starship SN10 was fitted with its final Raptor engine, SN39. It is set to begin its test campaign next week. Also spotted was the remains of all three of SN9's Raptor engines as the wreckage cleanup continues.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Gonna need to start one of those
@nextspaceflight
checklists. They need:
Booster⬛️
Starship⬛️
Full Heat Shield on the Starship⬛️
Launch Mount⬛️
Launch Pad In General ⬛️
About 35 Raptors⬛️
Road that's not One Lane⬛️
Test Prototype Booster⬛️
Environmental Report⬛️
FAA Approval⬛️
Talked to some SpaceXers this weekend, and I have to say they really do seem quite confident in a Starship orbital launch attempt in July or August.
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This camera was clamped 80 feet up on
@NASA_Wallops
’s massive water tower! My legs are still a bit jello from that lift ride up 😬
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Peel banana, peel peel banana!
Go bananas, go go bananas!
The thermal conditioning blanket wrapped around Minotaur’s first stage rips off as NROL-111 rockets toward orbit!
I wish these launched more often.
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Pieces for the 8th Launch Tower section arrived this morning and are already being built on the transport stands.
Photo for
@NASASpaceflight
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Overnight, crews stack a new ring section onto Super Heavy BN3. Meanwhile, Frankencrane prepares to stack the the new Launch Tower section.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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The four members of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission liftoff at 7:27 toward their new home, the ISS, for the coming months!
Launch from the Cape Canaveral side was stunning! I finally captured a self portrait I’ve been dreaming of for years. So excited with this shot!
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WOW! There they are, just about to go into the Crew Access Arm!
I’m going to cry.
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After becoming the first Starship prototype to land without exploding, Starship SN15 was rolled back to the Production Site. SN15's fate is unknown at this time.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Humans for scale.
Photo for
@NASASpaceflight
.
The next
#Artemis
press briefing is coming up in 30 minutes.
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SpaceX rolled out their current largest crane, "Tankzilla", along with the first of the GSE tanks for the Launch Site. Tankzilla will be used to lift the GSE Tank and Starship SN15.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) & the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Starship SN15 appears to be ready for its test flight as crews build more sections of the Orbital Launch Pad's Integration Tower and work to complete SN16's assembly.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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TFW a telescope a million miles away from Earth has better upload speeds than what I can get here in Michigan with
@GetSpectrum
📞 Hello Webb? It's us, Earth!
Our team just deployed the gimbaled antenna assembly, which includes Webb’s high-data-rate dish antenna. This antenna will be used to send at least 28.6 Gbytes of data down from the observatory, twice a day:
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Liftoff of Transporter-6!
I couldn't have posed the public any better if I tried.
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Ship 20 is stacked on top of Super Heavy Booster 4, creating the first full Starship ever. Standing 120m tall, Starship is the largest rocket ever assembled.
Video from
@BocaChicaGal
,
@TheJackBeyer
, and the NSF Robot Cameras. Edit by Nate Shields
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I think Transporter-3 was the first launch ever where I could just simply watch. So nice to step outside minutes before T-0 and hang out!
Beautiful launch and landing.
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After completing fit checks on the Orbital Pad, SpaceX preps to remove Booster 4 from the Launch Mount. The booster will likely be rolled back to the Production Site to have its Raptor engines removed for proof testing.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Liftoff of
#FalconHeavy
carrying Arabsat to GTO!
Support NASAspaceflight by subscribing to L2:
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Starship SN11 is prepared for its next static fire attempt, the final test before SN11 is ready to fly. Meanwhile, Super Heavy BN1’s methane tank has a work platform installed for LOX tank stacking.
Video & Photos from Jack Beyer (
@TheJackBeyer
)
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SpaceX added work platforms to the top of a Launch Tower section ahead of potential stacking at the Propellant Production Plant.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
). Edited by Theo Ripper (
@TheoRipper
)
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In preparation for Static Fire tests, crews begin installing Raptor engines onto Booster 3. Static Fire testing will occur after the Booster's Cryo Proof test planned to occur this week.
Video from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robot Camera Team
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Starship SN15 was filled with liquid nitrogen to test the strength of its tanks at flight temperatures and pressures. It is unknown if the test was successful.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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Test tweet… do not crop.
One of my favorites from SpaceX’s DM-1 mission. I sure miss the roof.
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Starship SN15 scrubbed its flight attempt due to weather. Its next attempt is scheduled for no earlier than May 5, 2021. Although it didn't fly, SN15 did wiggle its flaps.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team.
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New sections are added to the Nosecone Test Rig (Mystery Structure). Meanwhile, COPVs delivered to the production site, a new Super Heavy Aft Dome is on the sleeving stand, and SN15 prepares for more testing.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Starship SN16 was moved from the moved from the High Bay to a display area near SN15. SpaceX appears to be making a full push toward the first orbital test using Starship SN20.
Video & Photos from Jack (
@TheJackBeyer
) and the NSF Robotic Camera Team
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We did the thing! 300k subscribers on the
@NASASpaceflight
YouTube channel. Thank you everyone!
Onward to half a million!
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SpaceX assembles sections of the Integration Tower at the Propellant Production Site while Starship SN15 prepares for its next test flight attempt.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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Overnight, SpaceX tested Starship SN15's header tanks by filling them with liquid nitrogen and pressurizing them to flight pressures. Also the Nosecone Test Rig gains more parts.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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A smoother nosecone made with fewer panels is spotted again in the tents. Meanwhile, a Cryo Tank Shell at the Orbital Launch Site is ready to be lifted over a GSE Tank.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
). Edited by
@DKlarations
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Starship SN15 remains in the same spot as gusty winds blow through Boca Chica. Meanwhile, crews continue to work on the Nosecone Test Rig and Launch Integration Tower.
Video & Photos from Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
)
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