Hopper to Flight 2: A Cinematic History of Starship Testing

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[@senorjp21]

It's a joy seeing a company reach for greatness when most of the world is busy crapping on itself. Amazing progress

[@ingridhohmann3523]

Aggree 👍

[@adamc5057]

You DO realize vertical rocket landings have already been done, right?

[@motokid6008]

​​@@adamc5057- Not with launch vehicles they haven't. Dedicated lander's launched by said vehicles is a different story.

[@Kilomylesco]

Yeah….just don’t look at what the owner has been saying lol

[@zabby113]

@@adamc5057 SpaceX was the first to have successful rocket landings from rockets going to orbit and remains the only company to do so to this date (Bezos' Blue Origin has only managed a sub-orbital flight to the edge of space). It is amazing they have already scaled up to a booster (shown in this video) more powerful than the Saturn V (multiple times more powerful than any booster available today from anyone, re-usable or not) before any other company has managed to make ANY real orbital flight from a landing rocket.

[@TinsleTinsle]

You forget, just how little the total flight time is. They have only had about an hour total. Amazing work SpaceX amazing work NSF WHOOP!

[@dumbodum]

They iterate really fast which is awesome. Just 3 years and they’ve come so far

[@samuraidriver4x4]

I wonder how much computer simulated flight time the project has. Probably thousands of hours. I can still remember the first tents going up like it was yesterday.

[@seedatedwe3620]

Here since hoppy lost his cone. Keep pushing spacex, humanity is rooting for you ❤

[@somestarman892]

Here since Sn5 hopped, Godspeed!

[@jonathanchambers8640]

Here since sn 8 attempted its landing. Amazing to see how far they have come

[@mikek8249]

Think I can beat you by a few weeks,Ive been here since there was the great debate,as to what was being built, outside "Its a rocket,its a water tank,its a rocket......"Think those early pics were done mainly by Mary ?

[@EvanPang-w4i]

I only heard about starship with sn15’s landing, so I’m pretty late to the game Still nice to see SpaceX’s rapid progress

[@acarrillo8277]

Been watch SpaceX since before they put legs on the Falcon9. The second launch was the first I ever caught live I think. Been a wild 11 years watching them change the space industry.

[@stevenattaway]

I started watching at Starhopper and I'm still watching today. I'm so excited to see where SpaceX takes us next. I'm feeling all the feels right now.

[@robdv]

Yeah, same. Fantastic journey

[@mudit1]

we are all on this together watching this becoming a marvel!

[@MickRonald]

History in the making. Undecided as to which Starship test is my favorite. Probably sn10 as it exploded about eight minutes after successfully landing. Thanks SpaceX for allowing everyone to see it. Thanks NSF for bringing this to us.

[@corrinastanley125]

Lots of screaming and cheering at the screens by all of us watching at home, thanks NSF team for all of the memories.

[@wizardofhoz7216]

Thanks for giving NSF, my go to for all things spaceflight!

[@NordicProspecting]

Noooo the end needs pats of IFT-2 😂 i feel so unsatisfied I have to go watch it

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree 1000%!!!

[@MommyMoments855]

the rate of progress is just insane! Try, fail, improve, succeed !

[@simonwhite6704]

How far they have come in such a short space of time is truly amazing !! Can't wait to see what happens next . Go starship Go NSF !!

[@deanlawson6880]

What a great historical montage of the Important SpaceX Starship milestone launches!! I realized as I was watching this video, I watched and witnessed each and every one of these launches as streamed and broadcasted by NSF right here on the NSF channel as they happened! Amazing!! Still watching eagerly as each historic launch happens right here on NSF! Thanks so much for what you guys do! It's so awesome that we get the up-close launch experience compliments of you guys at NSF!!

[@ntfriar]

This was so good, that half way through I forgot it was an NSF production and thought it was a SpaceX film. NSF production value and the team behind it ROCKS!!

[@apollo.11x]

crazy how far we came

[@Back_Fire2468]

Been watching since May 27th 2020 for demo 2 wet dress. So first big Starship test I watched live was SN8, it took me a bit to figure out how cool Starship is. Anyway watching this give me chills.

[@johnlhigh]

Watching flight 2 brought me back to when i was a kid Watching first flight of shuttle. Amazing

[@phuonglinhthanh9868]

Amazing progress! Astonishing people from SpaceX.

[@RealAndySkibba]

What a fun look back. It'll be neat to watch as SS program progresses

[@FrozenOxy101]

This is amazing. I got tears in my eyes.

[@shaymcquaid]

Learning more from your mistakes than from your successes has never been more meaningful. Bravo SpaceX!

[@ryanhamstra49]

The memories of watching the SN5 hops…. The launch site looks so bare!!

[@mpr746]

They've come a long way! So exciting to watch them in this journey.

[@michaelscott8226]

To everyone at NSF, Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for the amazing coverage.

[@thespacepeacock]

Had to come rewatch this one ahead of IFT-3. It’s been a long road, yet we’re still only witnessing the beginning!

[@mr-var]

Amazing to see all the progress, and thanks for the coverage for all these years. ❤

[@astranger8569]

spacex had learnt from the past quite a lot and now it's the future of starship

[@Gmaxx39]

The first time I saw that SN8 footage from below I thought it was CGI 😂 amazing stuff, can’t wait to see where spacex will take us in the future 🚀

[@Back_Fire2468]

I know it took an SN8 static fire live stream to figure out that Starship was a real rocket. I just thought it was an idea or something before that lol

[@zenobikraweznick]

Spectacular !!!🎉

[@Michael-Wil]

SN10, currently the only ship to take off and land twice, OK i stretching the meaning of take off and landing quite a bit.

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Too funny, Bro!!!😄

[@mudit1]

we are all on this together watching this becoming a marvel!❤

[@josdelijster4505]

great .. so nice to see hoppy fly

[@chronablitz]

Awesome video NSF, I would love to see a video in the future of a photo of Starhopper then to now time-lapse, just to see how far Starbase has come since Hoppy

[@vinaykit]

It's been a wonderful journey.

[@NormandyDucks]

The journey continue 💪

[@dalisoula]

we waited two years for the IFT ! wth! time flies FR

[@faisalsvideoworld]

Amazing progress they have made

[@WillN2Go1]

Just terrific. Perfect timing for this amazing compilation. I'd almost forgotten the initial 'baby steps.' I was happy all weekend about Starship. Sure both stages were destroyed, but it was clear the amazing people at Space X were making rapid progress. One criticism. Put dates on the clips. and "Now' is not a date. It won't be very long before we're watching these clips as Starship is landing on the moon. I've been rushing out to see a Space X launch from Vandenberg trying to search for "Space X launch live." Dozens and dozens of clips show up in the list, all say 'Live' no dates.

[@reecep4016]

I hope I live long enough to see people step foot on mars

[@irisdeck4624]

Seems like just yesterday but so long ago….. love the videos NSF

[@royaldust]

It was incredible to witness IFT2 in person. But the most incredible part was seeing all of you people hard at work literally non-stop (in the heat, cold, wind, mosquito swarms). Only when you arrive there you truly appreciate how hard your work is. Thank you

[@payelbiswas3896]

Awesome❤

[@timnook73]

I remember the times of SN5. It's all been so insane ever since!

[@anonymoususer3561]

I remember little Starhopper, those were the times

[@Alexzw92]

I’ve been watching since 2019 and I honestly forgot all about the early star hopper tests

[@corycrandell2682]

I remember hoppy. And all the other flight tests!

[@princejoshuapetalcorin6328]

Keep up the good work SpaceX someday you can reach your goals of getting to orbit because as Nikolai Tesla said it takes a thousand tries before perfection is achieved. God speed SpaceX humanity is on your shoulders to explore the vast cosmos.

[@smeerbsstudios165]

I made a video similar to this a while ago, so I got to hand it y'all, great job with this video! Keep up the awesome content, we love seeing what's going on!

[@paca_bill4863]

It's amazing how much SpaceX's engineering team has learned in such a short time. One can only imagine what SpaceX is doing today, and what they will do tomorrow!

[@lindarne77]

And to a cover of Alanis Morrisettes "Thank you" no less 😁

[@420gazer6]

Am i the only one that cursed when the video stops right before flight 2? Ugh, same feeling as when Rey returned Luke's light saber...cut scene. Gut punch

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree 1000%!!!

[@S1nwar]

whats with the random ending?

[@luckystriker7489]

I would like to see a compilation of ALL SpaceX launches, hehe, thanks, eh, hehe, eh, hehe-hehe

[@offdagrid877]

I don't have kids but it must be like watching them grow up!

[@JohnMaun]

It's been a wild ride, awesome.

[@jannis11]

NIcE

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Thank you for the video. Peaceful Skies.

[@AngeloXification]

I wish I could personally thank all the people who are making my dream a reality.

[@anthonylawson2788]

Amazing.🤩

[@Simone_85]

You have never stopped talking to me through work spectacularly amazing while funky fucks running into me in school. This was done way before such a ahead. Congratulations Minah Simone and NSF team who purely believed in work of nsf.

[@All_Original]

We are very much living in the future!

[@Pottery4Life]

Thank you.

[@lowmax4431]

Awe man i wish it showed the last launch.

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree 1000!!!

[@dmitrymelnikov9063]

I want to remind that only 10 years left since "grasshopper" times ;)

[@craigwatt1303]

one small hop for man. one giant leap... well you get the idea.

[@mikecaldrone8638]

I have been here since way before sn8

[@wagfim]

Eu vi cada um desses lançamentos, e nao teve um que eu nao tenha me emocionado ❤

[@sadsausage2224]

here since sn8

[@penguinboyplayz9692]

HOW AM I NOT FIRST THIS VIDEO WAS RELEASED 44 SECONDS AGO

[@thadaHawk]

"Its a HOP!"

[@officialwildcardadventures]

@2:30 was SN15 the Starship that came back with squashed legs?

[@COSMEREAUDIO]

Why is the video quality so bad? Is it something wrong with my pc, I remember seeing these launches in very high definition before

[@arsharif2590]

Memories

[@jamessimon3433]

I simply cannot overstate my elation when sn10 cane to rest

[@BordersBasher]

All that in 4 years, wow. From a company who people dismissed and wrote off back in the day. Imagine where SpaceX will be in another 4 years, the mind boggles at the amazement. And no challenging company is on par with SpaceX, they dream and follow their dreams just how life should be.

[@maxivy]

.... All this in only 4 or so years?!??!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!! We're going to Mars.

[@A24284]

A joy

[@PxPunk80]

You didn't show IFT-2 at all??? Let down.

[@Eagles_Eye]

wished it included flight 2

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree 1000%!!!

[@ScienceManiacCZ]

Am I the only one who felt teased by the ending of the video 😂

[@lanemedcalf9506]

You are NOT alone!!!

[@maulcs]

Seriously, don't know why they cut it there.

[@CrasyFingers]

is it true the next starship launch is before xmas? that'd be cool, spend 1 month to sort out all the bugs then launch again, probably will make it to the right altitude and speed this time, it was so close last time, 24000kph out of 27000 (i'm not sure what the speed was supposed to be i'm guessing a little bit less than low earth orbit)

[@gabrielgolding5380]

All depends on how fast the FAA can get through their investigation . I personally don’t think it’ll be before Christmas, but that would be a pleasant surprise!

[@justinjantzen7671]

WHAT!!! You went through the whole progression and I was completely primed to see the launch of IFT2 and then the video ended! Nooooooooo! 😂

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree with you, Bro!!!

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Loved this video, especially with the music! However, it became extremely anti-climatic when you stopped short with the best flight test of them all.....IFT2! That should have also been shown more fully with the music building to a crescendo! I really don't get it that you ended the video the way you did, since you posted it 4 days after the launch.

[@WillFaustCuber]

I assume it was a mistake

[@peeperleviathan2839]

@@WillFaustCuberthe reason is this video was almost complete before that so they just uploaded it without it

[@IvelLeCog]

Still a bit early to call say Hopper to Hawaii isn't it? Considering the ship still had like 2 and a half oceans to cross before it got to Hawaii. Still, I like seeing the early tests, it was such an exciting time back before SN8

[@marcelomapurunga6936]

Parabéns, achei que iam esconder o SN11 igual a SpaceX fez 😂

[@Forcemaster2000]

I don't understand why this didn't include the footage from IFT-2?

[@NASASpaceflight]

This was a video we played during the Flight 2 coverage... video was finished before it launched. -Das

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Totally agree 1000%!!!

[@lanemedcalf9506]

@@NASASpaceflight You should have edited it to include IFT2 before posting, since you posted it on 11-22-23. Other than that, it was fantastic!

[@NASASpaceflight]

We released it as-is so the team could take a well-deserved break over Thanksgiving. -Das

[@jeffburch5903]

No grasshopper with the mannequin at McGregor?🥴

[@imconsequetau5275]

Yeah, that really helped put a scale perspective to the grasshopper.

[@Tresla]

Does this need a re-upload? It's missing flight 2! Also "NOW" won't age very well. A date qualifier would be better.

[@wildfood1]

Fakkin glorious...

[@ziyad_aljassasi]

Hi from the first 20 comments❤

[@sode565]

um why not show IFT-2 flight?

[@NASASpaceflight]

We made this video before launch and showed it during the livestream... flight 2 hadn't launched yet. - Das

[@jonor95]

Who else has watched every single launch since day 1 🚀

[@splytrz]

why skip the belly flops though? :/

[@dingdongdaddy589]

When Moon?

[@tatata1543]

😂😂. The spin continues.

[@ZyanZik]

Ils ont toujours pas compris que c'est de l'espace qu'il faut décoller pour aller loin sans gaspillage

[@oscar_bru8455]

hi

[@karlschuneman7960]

you don't include flight 2?????

[@peeperleviathan2839]

This was made before

[@peeperleviathan2839]

Well edited before

[@MrFoxRobert]

👋👍

[@andrewmorris483]

Probably 5th lol

[@QUEUK-j8i]

If NASA would only copy Elon Wed be at Mars by now,

[@sstrick500]

All done in less than 3 years! NASA would take 3 years to approve a bolt to use on version 1.0.