Thread of the most epic moments from SpaceX Starship’s launches 🧵...
James Lucas@JamesLucasIT
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Oct 16, 2024
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Thread of the most epic moments from SpaceX Starship’s launches 🧵
1. Starship’s 33 Raptor engines in full power
1. Starship’s 33 Raptor engines in full power
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2. Mechazilla catches the Super Heavy booster
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3. Starship liftoff in slow motion
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4. Starship reentering like a meteor
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5. You can see the super hot plasma field grow as Starship re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
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6. On April 20, 2023, with the first Integrated Flight Test, Starship became the largest vehicle ever to fly.
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7. Liftoff of Starship, Oct 13, 2024.
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8. The second launch of Starship, viewed from Mexico.
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9. On November 18, 2023, Starship successfully achieved hot-stage separation, marking the first time this technique has been accomplished with a vehicle of its size.
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10. Starship weighs 5000 tons on liftoff
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11. Starship Flight 3
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12. On June 6, 2024, Starship's Super Heavy rocket booster performed a successful re-entry, despite severe forward flap damage, and the spacecraft still achieved a successful controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
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13. Starship is the most powerful flying object ever built, currently generating over twice the thrust of Saturn V.
The next version is expected to reach three times the thrust, producing 10,000 tons of force.
The next version is expected to reach three times the thrust, producing 10,000 tons of force.
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14. "Starship will make life multiplanetary" - Elon Musk
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15. Ad astra
The Latin phrase "ad astra" translates to "to the stars." It comes from Virgil’s Aeneid, where he wrote "sic itur ad astra" (thus one journeys to the stars). Seneca also used a similar phrase: "there is no easy way from earth to the stars."
The Latin phrase "ad astra" translates to "to the stars." It comes from Virgil’s Aeneid, where he wrote "sic itur ad astra" (thus one journeys to the stars). Seneca also used a similar phrase: "there is no easy way from earth to the stars."
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Launch and return
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Tower view of the catch: