Video presentation on the Formula SAE Design Event. Potentially useful for students or new judges. youtu.be/DqKXPHdX1aY?si…

At dawn from the gateway to Mars, the launch of Starship’s second flight test

Sweet job @Spacex on the roll out decorations this year! #Starbase #Starship

Flight 3 vehicles on the pad at Starbase for testing ahead of Starship's next launch

Ignition of a single Raptor engine on Flight 3 Starship demonstrating a flight-like startup for an in-space burn

Static fire of Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines ahead of Flight 3

In 2023, SpaceX completed 96 successful missions, safely flew 12 more astronauts to orbit, launched two flight tests of Starship, and more than doubled the number of people around the world connected by Starlink. Watch Elon Musk deliver a company update:

Starship stacked for flight

Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT → spacex.com/launches

"...all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" ... and they don't come taller than Starship. Yesterday, Starship delivered, and I couldn't be more proud of the progress made by the team. From Starhopper to the flight yesterday, it's been an amazing journey.

Ship in space

I love this post because it shows the scale of Starship along side the people who work and live among them at Starbase. We've had to get good at building and operating tall things in a windy place.

Starship made a controlled reentry, successfully making it through the phases of peak heating and max aerodynamic pressure and demonstrating the ability to control the vehicle using its flaps while descending through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds

Farzad 😂

Elon Musk explains exactly how Space X's Mechazilla can catch the Super Heavy booster. On Sunday morning, Space X successfully caught a 20+ story tall rocket booster. "This is a custom-built tower with arms that are designed to catch the largest flying and heaviest flying

Clouds as flow visualization...

Tower and Booster was the star of the show but Ship didn't disappoint.

Catch fittings!

Great video and you can see the catch fittings are not reassuringly large...the guidance, navigation and control boffins really nailed it.

Great footage and sound Everyday Astronaut. An analogy that is maybe informative: It’s like catching a falling upside down lightsaber with your elbows! Don’t want to get too close too early and definitely don’t want to miss! Amazing engineering by the whole SpaceX team.