Booster 11 Lifted Onto the OLM for Pre-Launch Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica

Booster 11 was rolled out and lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) as SpaceX prepares the vehicle for more testing and eventually launch. Booster 11 will launch the fourth Starship test flight before making a hopeful soft splashdown into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Ship 26 Rolled to Massey’s
0:17 Ship 26’s Engines
1:19 Bridge Crane Hoist
1:26 Bridge Crane Trolley Parts
1:48 Parking Garage Construction
1:58 Ship 29’s Tiles Tested
2:27 Ring Moved Into Mega Bay 2
2:37 Starfactory
2:47 Office Building Construction
2:55 Booster Forward Dome Caps
3:10 Ship 30 Static Fire
3:25 LR 11000 Crane Moved to Pad B
3:50 Ship Stand Moved to Pad B
3:58 S30’s Flaps Closed
4:03 Parking Garage Stairwell
4:31 More Ship 29 Tile Work
4:50 Possible Tile Repair
5:06 Starfactory
5:29 Office Building Construction
5:43 Ship 30 Attached to Crane
6:27 Berm Demolition
6:51 Starhopper
6:59 Ship 30 Removed From Pad B
7:28 Ship 26 at Massey’s
7:38 Booster Landing Tank Moved
7:59 Booster Transport Stand Moved
8:06 Ship 29 Moved to Mega Bay 2
8:13 SPMT Placement Adjusted
8:33 Earthwork for the New Orbital Pad
9:13 LOX for the Orbital Tank Farm
9:20 Starhopper and Ship 30
9:35 Ship 30 Disconnected From Crane
10:04 Ship 30 Rolled Back
11:10 B11 Moved to Transport Stand
11:32 Thrust Sim Arrives for Ship 31
11:56 Ship 30 and Booster 11
12:03 Booster 11 Rolled to Launch Site
14:07 Ship 31 Rolled to Massey’s
14:44 B11 Moved Into the Chopsticks
14:56 Booster 11 Lifted Onto the OLM
15:04 Starcopter Lifting HVAC Units
17:44 Booster 11 Lifted Onto the OLM
18:07 LR 11000 Crane Moved
18:17 Suborbital Pad B Scrapping

[@GreenLeaf1008]

Such fantastic footage! One of my favorite parts was seeing the helicopter deliver the HVAC unit.

[@ThexBorg]

The speed of construction is amazing.

[@cboy-ou2hr]

The logistics is insane

[@Elda301]

17:42 nice spot for worker to watch the helicopter..from Highbay 🙂

[@NOM-X]

The chopper delivery was (what we call in the Military, is a sling load. Thanks for the video. You guys rock!

[@evanfine9453]

That parking garage seems to be manifesting out of thin air! The speed of progress at Starbase is staggering.

[@corrinastanley125]

Thanks Mary 🌺 , Sean and Jack we really appreciate the close ups and different views.

[@rkr9861]

Mild panic at 15:33 when you changed the speed of the heli footage. Took a moment to realize that that's what happened, not a fight control issue.

[@rjswas]

Yeah that got me also lol.

[@jac0m1n0]

Love the flying-piece from the sub-orb #2 "dismantling!"😆

[@brianwalton8360]

Love the image clarity in this episode guys! Such a credit to you all and the efforts to show us the progress at Starbase. Thank you

[@boballen9095]

An arial photo time-series walkthrough of all the infrastructure being rearranged/moved would seem like a really helpful way to wrap people's heads around all the change that is taking place. Just a suggestion. If anyone can pull off such a "I think -this- is how it's going to play out" that would be you guys NASASpaceflight. Starting at 15:05 segment, coolest helicopter, and helicopter footage EVER! Well done Bocachicagal and Jack.

[@rjswas]

RGV Areal Photography, might be what your looking for, they do really good top down views of changes and all that.

[@bryanillenberg]

"top down" lol@@rjswas

[@clay-tw5gc]

0:45 Give that booster a ticket for not stopping at the stop sign!

[@jamesrosar3823]

@13:55: Night shot: Booster moving to left, vapor moving to right, magnificent!!!

[@jamesdrew1168]

That is a seriously cool helicopter.

[@kokomo9764]

I think it is a Russian design. Again, I think.

[@jamesdrew1168]

@@kokomo9764 No, it's a Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane. Those were the best pics I've ever seen of one in action.

[@ReinReads]

Pretty sure that is a S-64 Skycrane developed from a US Army version, CH-54 Tarhe.

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Great video footage Mary, Jack, Sean, & NSF, Thank you!!!

[@DebraJean196]

Great pics Sean! So jealous of you guys getting to see this stuff!!! Great jobs you have!

[@jonesjoyce1215]

This entire supply operation and all the gear is incredible.👏👏🙌❤️🌟

[@jeffjeff4477]

Labpadre and NSF are probably the best channels out there Marcus House is awesome as well

[@scottbaker9066]

I'm visiting Saturday - Go for launch!!!

[@Little908]

Congrats on 1 mil!

[@Tgunnz203]

Truly amazing thank you for the wonderful videos

[@bcrisp56]

Mary, your camera work on the two point connector was amazing! It’s the first really clear video of how the connector works! Thanks for your work and your cohorts as well!

[@elizabethhoeppner8881]

Lots of cool stuff getting done. Thanks 😊

[@360bikeNYC]

Thanks for nice videos! I liked to see the Booster 11 with a stars at a background)

[@jonmarquez128]

There seems to be a lot of activity going on at Starbase!

[@rjswas]

When isn't there lol.

[@Ch33ziTzsk8R]

That’s a lot of ships being moved and tested, it’s about time we see space x ramp up. It’s been more than 3 years since sn10 flew and landed for the first time starship is getting eager to fly further.

[@gobfranklin6759]

Appreciate the updates

[@robertjamesgreen]

What a fantastic video. When you watch it at that speed it's like someone playing model space ships. Must be awesome to work on this project and see the cool stuff. Thanks

[@JakeSilvester]

New Thumbnail is interesting!

[@sergiomg8500]

Amazing ❤

[@59seank]

Thanks NSF team! What a week at Starbase.

[@jonh8300]

18:24 Telehandler dude: Timberrrr Dude on lift: HEY, that almost hit me!

[@MKJ8888]

9:50 A perfect picture to see the size of Starship

[@astronuts2224]

Ship 26 on the new Massey’s test platform sure had some War Of The Worlds vibes to it, especially at 0.59sec.. Perhaps We’re the Aliens after all… 😱🤣🫡🙏🚀

[@wkrpaz5620]

Liked the Helicopter

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Amazing video, thanks #TeamNSF!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Cool Skycrane!

[@MrAluntus]

I feel like I am watching Gerryt Anderson's, Thunderbirds!

[@kimscheie]

Amazing

[@toamastar]

WOW!! I mean i guess every day is a busy day at starbase but this looked particularly busy! And full of cool stuff! Im curious why they use the skycrane rather than a normal crane for the HVACs :)

[@Vytirix_RBX]

Woah! When they’d get those new transport platforms?! They look amazing! Glad to see these new updates.

[@rjswas]

They have been building them for months now.

[@Pantherjonvideos]

Awesome footage! Have they announced a date for IFT #4?

[@akkkbn]

SpaceX provides my daily aerospace fix, and Elon my quality memes.

[@nowhereman8374]

Kudos, NASASpaceflight, One observation, I think the guy testing the heatshield tiles should have big burly biceps. Then, we would know tiles are really stuck. Lol

[@joansparky4439]

tempus fugit - can't hold onto it, so better keep going.

[@krzysztofnowak7582]

Cool

[@davidmorgan5626]

Great to watch all the work that is going on but the moon looks so close that it hard to understand sometimes why we can’t just go. ❤👍🏻

[@jamesrosar3823]

Sometimes it may look close, but it is actually freakin’ huge, and really far away, at least by Earthly standards. Try using your own body to cross time zones to get a ‘feel’ for how big this planet is, and realize that the Moon is fully a third as large. Still, compared to Mars, we can spit on it; and to Alpha Centauri, it’s your door jamb to a hike on the Appalachian Trail, full send!

[@JonathanOranio-td6bk]

Just like I've seen looks like forecast 3D simulation puzzle game amazing skills and speed talent in builders Adoptation, great job

[@JULIANAHASSANI]

🚀 yes

[@kamiltaniewski9182]

Tępo rozwoju tego projektu jest niesamowite. Czekamy na pierwszego człowieka na marsie. Powodzenia Elon!

[@mateussilva3756]

4:53 Well, if this part of the video wasn't fast, I could comment.

[@stevenlewis7669]

Were they painting over cracked tiles?

[@seangaylord426]

I'm thinking that S26 is/will be an HLS test article. I don't know if the legal stuff from the HLS compete is over though. Maybe if/when we see new thrusters around the middle we will know.

[@Cruiser_Adriatique]

👍👍👍

[@mrdebris1217]

Where did all the dirt come from they brought in to the new orbital launch site?

[@davidmarks4198]

Boosters Rockets Helicopters OH MY!!

[@Madhuntr]

they should have made it so ship 31 and booster 11 would have flown together. The magic 42 would have given them all the answers they needed :P

[@bryanillenberg]

LOL

[@paultimmins4424]

Well B12 and S30 will be IFT5 so that will meet your criteria.

[@Madhuntr]

@@paultimmins4424 oh right didnt think of that

[@Lexington-Concord1775]

I guess in the not too far future, there will be automatic vending machines to purchase tickets to go to Mars ! 💪Elon.

[@lemont64]

Can't believe we possibly gonna see that thing be caught by the OLM in mid air....

[@imtired1696]

"Each one gets tested" *rapid reusability has left the chat*

[@zachb1706]

What?

[@dancingdog2790]

Nothing wrong with checking the initial installation, and possibly revising the procedure based on the results! It's a superpower of production capacity that you don't need first-piece perfection, just good enough, and your process can be refined over thousands of subsequent units.

[@jamesrosar3823]

Better to break a ship than a crew. No crew will launch until the entire procedure and hardware has had all the drama completely ironed out of it. There is no longer any tolerance for sacrificing highly trained people for the sake of a companies’ profit. Spaceflight is hard, but a private company has no national goal that might make such a failure tolerable. A national goal, to beat another nation, would have to be personally invoked by each crew member at risk to have a hope of making such a risk palatable.

[@jord1215]

When can we expect next launch

[@marymoe77471]

That helicopter reminds me of a slim wasp.

[@NOM-X]

You have to wear special gloves while putting the shackels on so you don't get extremely shocked. More than you think.

[@billdickson1142]

18:27 - Human RUD

[@Robel-ey6kl]

Waooow

[@germanfuentes9460]

It is crazy to see how much they work. Literally look like ants.

[@romec3435]

👀🚀👍

[@ivanov-sl1cj]

Почему не сделали дорогу от сборочного цеха ракеты до стартового стола по прямой?

[@user-ThomReec8587]

Are the tires on the SPMT's solid or pneumatic

[@dancingdog2790]

Pretty sure they're solid, but the suspension is active with lots of throw

[@user-ThomReec8587]

@@dancingdog2790 They just changed all the tires in the Volvo 60 and 90 loaders I drive at work to solids. I had to fix flat tires at least 1 or 2 times a week. If they had to fix flats on the SPMT's, I wouldn't want that job for sure

[@geraldboyle3005]

There needs to be a discussion on whether or not to establish an 'Iron Dome', because once the military industrial aspect is added, it becomes a diamond strike target.

[@garryparkes9121]

Sad! Pad B will never feel Mothers Breath again!

[@Planum.]

Stacking ahead ?

[@krypton13_56]

At this point i think s26 is an extraterrestial spaceship that they are using to do inverse engineering or something

[@bryanillenberg]

LMAO

[@jimsuber6784]

I thought it was post launch.

[@antonybastin3432]

👍👍👍🇮🇳

[@caribphotos]

Re: Florida man I'd bring a lb. Of 🥔 🥗

[@GoooF1]

Oooh no!!! The chopper is spreading chem-trails!!

[@harrykeel8557]

Hey Jack, Ship 26, Masseys?, engines? What gives?

[@thomashayden804]

It seems like it's likely testing out the ground infrastructure at the new static fire stand. Things like the tanks, pumps, etc. Best to put a ship like S26 on there in case anything does cause issues, and it means they don't have to tie up another ship they'd want to work on. As for engines, it just never has them taken off since its last static fire, so they're still there. We may or may not see any firing at Massey's soon, but it can't use the RVacs as it stands because there are no stiffener rings on them

[@DebraJean196]

SpaceX wastes a lot of money - for example, Gateway to Mars sign now being shortened and possibly moved. Parking lot destroyed, etc. Seems like poor planning to me, but I could very well be wrong. Cool to watch parking garage going up in prefab rather than poured in place!

[@sparkles78]

While Chinx dialing xi ping on hotline reporting.....

[@alexandrdovganj1402]