Ship 29 and Booster 11 Readied for Starship Flight 4 | SpaceX Boca Chica

Crews worked to prepare Booster 11 and Ship 29 for flight, currently NET June 5th, more development hardware for Starship V2 was spotted around the Starfactory, and scrapping of the vertical tank farm continued.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Booster 11 on the OLM
0:17 Venting From the Orbital Tank Farm
0:25 Cable Work on the Chopsticks
0:34 Crews on B11’s Hot Staging Ring
0:58 The Orbital Launch Mount
1:05 Ship 29
1:38 Tile Testing on Ship 29
2:08 Crews at S29’s Payload Hatch
2:15 No Crews at S29’s Payload Hatch
2:23 Suborbital Pad Teardown Continues
2:31 Crane Hitching a Ride
2:42 Single Ring in the Scrapyard
2:51 Mystery Box
2:59 Starfactory
3:07 MB2 Welding Test Article
3:20 Parking Garage Construction
3:27 Sections of the Second Tower
3:35 Ship 29 and the Suborbital Site
3:44 Tile Work on Ship 29 Continues
3:53 Vertical Tank Scrapping Continues
4:07 Parking Garage Construction
4:15 The Production Site
4:22 Starfactory Work Stand
4:56 Ring Stand Lifted
5:15 Ship 31 in the High Bay
5:23 Starfactory
5:40 Booster Section Ouside Mega Bay 1
5:47 The Launch Site
6:00 Booster 11 and Ship 29
6:07 Ship 29
6:14 Booster 11
6:21 SpaceX’s LR 11000 Crane
6:27 Vertical Tank Scrapping
6:41 Another Tower Section Arrives
6:48 Double Outside Starfactory
6:55 Scrap Nosecone Section
7:29 Tower Sections
7:36 The Parking Garage
7:42 Bridge Crane Parts
7:56 Starfactory
8:22 Booster Common Dome Section
8:29 Construction Behind Starfactory
8:34 The New Office Building
8:46 The Orbital Launch Site
9:04 Tile Work Continues on Ship 29
9:31 Suborbital Farm Tank Moved

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0:00 Booster 11 on the OLM 0:17 Venting From the Orbital Tank Farm 0:25 Cable Work on the Chopsticks 0:34 Crews on B11’s Hot Staging Ring 0:58 The Orbital Launch Mount 1:05 Ship 29 1:38 Tile Testing on Ship 29 2:08 Crews at S29’s Payload Hatch 2:15 No Crews at S29’s Payload Hatch 2:23 Suborbital Pad Teardown Continues 2:31 Crane Hitching a Ride 2:42 Single Ring in the Scrapyard 2:51 Mystery Box 2:59 Starfactory 3:07 MB2 Welding Test Article 3:20 Parking Garage Construction 3:27 Sections of the Second Tower 3:35 Ship 29 and the Suborbital Site 3:44 Tile Work on Ship 29 Continues 3:53 Vertical Tank Scrapping Continues 4:07 Parking Garage Construction 4:15 The Production Site 4:22 Starfactory Work Stand 4:56 Ring Stand Lifted 5:15 Ship 31 in the High Bay 5:23 Starfactory 5:40 Booster Section Ouside Mega Bay 1 5:47 The Launch Site 6:00 Booster 11 and Ship 29 6:07 Ship 29 6:14 Booster 11 6:21 SpaceX’s LR 11000 Crane 6:27 Vertical Tank Scrapping 6:41 Another Tower Section Arrives 6:48 Double Outside Starfactory 6:55 Scrap Nosecone Section 7:29 Tower Sections 7:36 The Parking Garage 7:42 Bridge Crane Parts 7:56 Starfactory 8:22 Booster Common Dome Section 8:29 Construction Behind Starfactory 8:34 The New Office Building 8:46 The Orbital Launch Site 9:04 Tile Work Continues on Ship 29 9:31 Suborbital Farm Tank Moved

[@corrinastanley125]

Thanks Mary🌼, Jack, Sean and the NSF team. These close ups are really appreciated now.

[@marymoe77471]

Great to see Mary's photo work back in the lineup!!

[@Vatsyayana87]

You guys are simply wonderful.

[@brentselleck8325]

Thank you for keeping us updated this way. I really like and appreciate your work.

[@MrKellymcilrath]

NSF Thank you so much for another SpaceX Boca Chica Update! Also Thank you Mary, Jack, Sean, & SBL, for all your great video footage!!!

[@lindagauntt4712]

Reply That would be nice to watch Space X 🌟🚀🌟🙏💕😊

[@WilboBaggins-dm7ub]

Another brilliant show xx

[@MrGoesBoom]

0:50 Man, imagine being on top of this massive building sized object, knowing that it's meant to and will fly...totally nuts EDIT: 2:50 that mystery box looks like it's some sort of CNC machine, but that's a guess

[@bman5988]

Ships sure looking slick these days

[@johncashwell1024]

Wow! Finally, a view that really gives some great perspective on just how huge Starship & Starbooster(c) are. (Hmm, I think I like that name... "Starbooster(c)," I shall copywrite that term/name!). My silliness aside, that shot showing the men working on top of Starbooster in the "Interstage" where hot staging takes place, really shows just how huge that spacecraft is. We'll done!!!!

[@iamjadedhobo]

Also the shot where you see them working on the underside of the forward flaps on Starship

[@mikegardner107]

That made me stop and wonder just how high up they are. And they do it every day. And night. 😳😮😮😮

[@Starsoon1]

The orange border on the thumbnails really interferes with the ability to read the 'already watched' red bar on the bottom. Please change that

[@mikerat88]

Love that transition at 2:15. Great job on the daily NSF!

[@liamfoxy]

I just really hope Starbase is well bolted down. This hurricane season is looking to be a real ring dinger, and I'd hate to see all this progress erased by high winds and a storm surge

[@Vodhin]

Been a while since I watched one of these. WOW. Keep up the great work!

[@fredpryde8555]

that is so amazing i love the way this put together thank you for your hard work in bringing this to us to watch awesome team

[@charleslord2433]

2:34 "WHEEEEEE!!!!"

[@PattyBryant-mh4dd]

Thank You 4 the Updates, 😉☀️🚀 ....Great Video, An GO NSF Teams!! 💛🇺🇸 GO SpaceX!! 💙🚀🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

[@BusstterNutt]

Thank you, a great synopsis as always. Don't forget to like it`s free.

[@user-wx9xq8sb7k]

Here we go, looking forward to this, wishing the booster and ship land safely in the ocean, GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!!!!!!

[@NOM-X]

The factory is looking just as planed.

[@elizabethhoeppner8881]

Keep up the hard work 💪 🎉

[@christopherpetersen342]

always excellent! fingers crossed that all that tile work isn't for nothing. do we know anything about how they're venting / (re-)pressurizing the cargo bay?

[@Vatsyayana87]

I dont really recall if they do but i dont think so. Its so rarely talked about that i might be mistaken though.

[@umeshy]

On the new black building, if SpaceX installs a white logo, it will look awesome.

[@bcrisp56]

Do you guys ever sleep? Thanks for the great camera work!

[@russmarkham2197]

Thanks for keeping up the videos with no voice over or presenter.

[@joechamberland886]

Can’t help but wonder what will happen to Space-X’s LR 11000 once all the vertical tanks have been scrapped. No more Ships to be lifted onto Suborbital test stands…gawd I hope they don’t lose her. I may have a small crush on that thing lol.

[@Sam3532]

2:51 it’s some kind of cnc or laser cutter obviously

[@Stargazergirl79]

Hey space peeps see you soon

[@reginaldorossi9774]

wow did u guys see that "stack me" sign on the tower? amazing

[@iamjadedhobo]

Timestamp?

[@brianhardy847]

I’m not sure but maybe 3:30

[@Vatsyayana87]

Yeah they put it on for Valentines day when it was rolling out from the cape, as you can see its a heart. The Spacex crew are always so cheeky lol

[@iamjadedhobo]

@@Vatsyayana87 That is hilarious ;)

[@cjking7728]

I’ve realised we’re not gonna see a starship 2 launch for a LONG time as to make the new boosters there gonna need to make a bigger building for stacking and to get them fully tested and static fired I doubt there will be a starship 2 launch this year

[@Vatsyayana87]

Kinda, not quite. We believe Ship 2's will likely start flying on these older style boosters. The upgraded boosters will come later with the new engines, then the super stretch limos as Ship 3 comes along. I feel like we have even seen the new flaps for ship 2 on site already.

[@bryanillenberg]

@@Vatsyayana87 V2 ships will probably only fly on V2 boosters, which is okay: The Block 2 booster is small enough for the mega bays

[@Jagentic]

Awesome footage. I thought moving forward it was "Block 2". ? or was that a rumor..

[@MrSpacePhoneRepair14]

It is Block 2 they are moving on with when they have enough data with block 1 ships or V1 ships

[@ReinReads]

Block 1 goes up through Starship 32. They then skip up to Starship 36 which will be the first of Block 2. If all goes to plan test flights 4, 5, 6 & 7 will use the last of the block 1 Starships.

[@Vatsyayana87]

To add to the others, there is a good chance V2 ships might still fly on V1 boosters for a while until Raptor 3s start coming in force, then a booster upgrade, then the super stretch V3 of the pair.

[@KellyPotter-iw5cv]

0:13 😊😮

[@Ch33ziTzsk8R]

I wonder if ship 31 will fly. It made it back from masseys with the tanks pressurized, maybe they can find a way to swap out the electrical systems and use the ship as a data farm for future ships but I think ship31 has a 80% chance of flying, anyone else?

[@Vatsyayana87]

Ill go for that sure.

[@bryanillenberg]

99% chance. RGV saw them repairing the raceway

[@tomholroyd7519]

Star Hopper needs either a HAL 9000 eye or an R2D2 eye. Or are those the same eyes?

[@Vatsyayana87]

lol Hoppy has many eyes. But i wouldnt mind a little dress up for her.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Vertigo would be tough to have working for SpaceX...

[@starbase_watcher]

At 0:22 is that cryo running down the concrete??

[@fikriihsan778]

was thinking the same

[@thomashayden804]

Yeah I don't know what was going on there. As far as I can recall I've never seen that sort of thing before either

[@Vatsyayana87]

Yeah, its looks crazy cool. Its just water ice though, nothin to be concerned with.

[@cletusfordwicke7608]

I have been watching for years, but I do not recall ever learning why the grid fins have a pointy side. Can anyone help me understand?

[@dogbreath6974]

Maybe to guide the air flow better.

[@thomashayden804]

I've heard it "cuts" into the air better with the points. The original aluminum Falcon 9 grid fins were flat but then they added the points once they switched to titanium (and then started with them on Starship). I'm sure there's a whole bunch of very complicated math reasons to it though 😅

[@Vatsyayana87]

It helps maintain control and proper airflow through the different regimes, hypersonic to supersonic to subsonic. From what i recall hearing a long time ago.

[@Vatsyayana87]

@@thomashayden804 The Al ones also started melting, hence the switch to titanium.

[@ChaosDivision64]

The air quality💀

[@iamjadedhobo]

Once starfactory is ready, Elon should give another factory tour.

[@Vatsyayana87]

From what ive heard, Kathy said there wont be any more tours for a few months since the site is simply too wild atm. But i cant wait for EA to get back in there and watch his head explode lol

[@Jack-B-Human]

I have to say, I don't like the orange border of the thumbnail. It makes it difficult to see what videos I have watched, and which ones I haven't. Has to his been done on purpose to gain extra 'views'

[@Vatsyayana87]

Not a chance, You have to watch so long before it counts as a view and you would likely notice before then. Ive never had the issue honestly.

[@AstroNautics-Official]

Im pretty sad that the hotstaging ring will be jettisoned

[@Vatsyayana87]

Surely just a temporary way of doing things.

[@Zara-gw2xh]

🚀🌌💫❤️🔥

[@MrFoxRobert]

👋👍

[@antonybastin3432]

👍👍👍🇮🇳

[@aronbagamery1367]

Why there are so many youtube bots ? 🤖

[@Vatsyayana87]

It makes scummy people rich... Unfortunately.

[@williamnot8934]

Only The US could do this.

[@Vatsyayana87]

To be the first to do it anyway. But these guys dont file patents for most of their stuff specifically so others can copy them and have more spaceflight for everyone.

[@richardk83]

"Stack me"

[@Vatsyayana87]

Thats how towers celebrate Valentines day.

[@Martin_ve2mrx]

Re: bots, it's simple, greed!

[@JULIANAHASSANI]

🎉

[@GroupCaptain-LionelMandrake]

So many things happening

[@Stargazergirl79]

[@JoeDaManTheHC]

👀🐔👀🐔