Ten years ago today…
SpaceX showed us all a bold vision of the future. The road to making humanity multiplanetary!
Good luck for Starship Flight 14, @SpaceX@elonmusk! 🍀
See y’all tomorrow! Excitement guaranteed!
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Wanna see another mega project led by @SpaceX? This is how far Terafab has come since the announcement!
Unbelievable, considering that they’re also building 14 (!!!) Starship launch pads, and a completely new Spaceport at the same time! 🤯
The Starbase GigaBay is getting windows installed... the glass kind, not the software kind. 😏
Can you imagine watching a launch from all the way up there? 🤩
📸: @Jordanguidry6 For WAI Media
Stacked under the stars, Starship 41 has been lifted onto Booster 21 - giving us our first look at the Flight 14 full stack!
Absolutely gorgeous view! 🤩 🚀
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Stacked under the stars, Starship 41 has been lifted onto Booster 21 - giving us our first look at the Flight 14 full stack!
Absolutely gorgeous view! 🤩 🚀
📸: @mymatrixplug For WAI Media
Flight 14 is right around the corner!
Starship 41 has rolled out to the launch site where it's meeting up with launch partner Super Heavy Booster 21. Together these vehicles will attempt the first orbital insertion of the Starship program! 🔥🚀
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Not the ship rollout we were expecting! 🚀
While Ship 41 prepares to rollout to the launch site we were surprised with a nosecone heading to MegaBay 2 for stacking, the production speed is insane!
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It's like waiting for your prom date to come down the stairs.
Ship 41 is letting Booster 21 sit there waiting. He's trying to be cool around her parents, promising to be home after 6 trips around the Earth.
Time to get Starship Flight 14 stacked @SpaceX.
Hell yes space! 🚀
🚨LET'S GO!
SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 will take Ship 41 up into a 275 km orbit. There, it will stay for more than 9 hours, do six full orbits around our planet, and reenter over the Pacific.
Will it make it all the way?
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Welcome Felix to the Rocket Ranch Family! We're happy to have you here. We are honored to be the premier launch observation venue to all the best supporters of Starship - The greatest theater to the greatest show on Earth.
In my previous life I learned that in Friendship everything is possible (and better). We're happy to welcome our old friend @FelixSchlang into the @RocketRanchTX family of creators. Collaboration is truly the way forward. We are all stronger together in Team Space.
🚨How powerful is a SpaceX Starship?
At liftoff, it produces about 18 million pounds of thrust (~ 80 MN, ~8,200 metric tons-force).
Here's my FULL breakdown of the Starship Flight 14 Mission! 🤯
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Video Credit: SpaceX
Can Starship be crew-capable before Starliner?
By January 2030 SpaceX will have at least five operational pads, and large manufacturing capacity.
They also have all the internal tech and docking know-how from Crew Dragon.
I think there’s a good chance. 🔥
NASA’s new X-59 test pilot Mike Lippert has powered up the aircraft for his first time as he gets closer to his first flight in the X-plane.
With guidance from fellow test pilots and months of simulator training, he’s gaining critical insight to how the cockpit and control room sync in real time.
Ship 42 has been lifted at pad 2!
This seems to be an alignment test for post catch operations. Another step on the path to rapid reusability! 🚀
Shout-out to our Starbase photographers Jordan and Amy for staying all through the night to catch ship 42!
📸: @Jordanguidry6 For WAI Media
🚨Falcon Heavy Ready For Flight!!!
It's in the hangar at pad 39A in Florida!
Payload: @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NET: Sunday, August 30th