SpaceX Starship Short Film | O.F.T (Orbital Flight Test)

O.F.T (Orbital Flight Test) is a fictional animation depicting a first test flight of the long-awaited SpaceX’s Starship rocket. Starship is a highly ambitious rocket design with many critical systems that have to work together perfectly in order for the aspiring goal of full and rapid reusability to become reality. Will the vehicle successfully make it past the grueling dynamics of MaxQ or will a single issue set off a cascade of failures leading to disappointment?
Note: Any usage/broadcasting of footage and/or stills from the OFT film must have permission from Ryan Hansen Space unless footage and/or stills are used for the express purposes of reviewing/promoting the OFT film.
This project has been a massive undertaking with many artists from around the world all having a hand in crafting it. Work on this project lasted nearly 9 months from conceptual design to final cutting and scoring. I would not have been able to finish this without the assistance and support provided by the Artists of Spaceflight group members. I want to thank everyone who had a hand in making this a reality and anyone else who helps support and share this film through social media. Lastly and most importantly, I want to thank everyone at SpaceX working to design and innovate the future of spaceflight. Your passion and dedication for making life multi-planetary will inspire generations to come.
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[@alcozerj]

As an employee here at Star Base. This was an awesome video, and I appreciated it.

[@173rdUSmilitary]

What do you do?

[@pavelgizatullin4954]

And more importantly, how do you do?

[@babayada2015]

Even more importantly, why do you do?

[@LockHeedRaptor22]

More even more importantly do you do what do you do

[@nagromgsemaj]

red sus, Starbase is one word and one capital. such a rookie mistake 🙄

[@RobCrawMusic]

I love how this film quite literally predicted what would happen on IFT 3! Superheated made it back (though it hit the water going 1200 km/h) and Starship broke up in the atmosphere! Absolutely amazing!

[@ASAVSP]

You're an absolute chad for still watching this materpiece

[@BamboozeldGG]

fr

[@SebPlaySpaceflight]

This is exactly what happened on OFT 3. RIP ship 28 and booster 10

[@sergiorenis1284]

Except for the catch and there was no hot staging

[@rjim36]

As a SpaceX employee, sometimes you get lost on the day to day stuff, sometimes stress takes over. But from time to time I zoom out and reset, remind myself about the overall mission. Animations like this one help a lot, help me and a lot of my coworkers to stay inspired. Thanks for the video! It is amazing.

[@dylansmall2466]

Thank you for this. :)

[@MarcusHouse]

Mind blown! 🥲

[@clash3583]

so true

[@JmichelDutil]

Hey hey!

[@cowtheslice]

The slow build up to zoom into S25. Gave me the same chills as when SpaceX concluded SN8 recap with SN9

[@jordantran7989]

lox!

[@joembaki3]

why the ship disintegrates during the entry in the atmosphere!?? 😮 Why !??

[@pinoyviralvideos1219]

​@@joembaki3 it's just what the director wants, should remember s24 is the first prototoype to be flown orbital, something will surely happen

[@joembaki3]

@@pinoyviralvideos1219 ok

[@leebrittain14]

@@joembaki3 heat tiles are likely to fall off during ascent, weak connections at the flaps, etc.

[@masterquacc]

8:35 the little detail of that one engine to the left turning green and failing to light really make this top notch

[@Wurtoz9643]

It was like: imma bout to end this man’s wh- booster : nope

[@stevengaming3689]

Weird how that actually happened on Flight 2 but then was followed by a booster RUD?

[@RBZfun_yT]

Ikr.

[@RoyD2]

After seeing the actual launch it is even more impressive how acurate this looks

[@RobinClaassen]

One neat detail is that they correctly realized that when burning in-atmosphere, the extra methane in the hot, fuel-rich exhaust would combust when it came in contact in atmospheric oxygen, creating a very long plume behind the rocket.

[@romanhrj433]

Special respect for animating the destruction of S24 (which nearly got me crying). Any unplanned event helps us ensure the safety of all future flights. Godspeed Starship

[@pricelessppp]

Realistic most out come!

[@theexchipmunk]

@@pricelessppp Yeah, as much as I want to see it make it, its likely going to burn up for that one.

[@pricelessppp]

@@theexchipmunk They should do the one with out the flaps. Like what they rumored.

[@user-rjw4ikl2qo]

@@pricelessppp После того, как сломался носовой закрылок, корабль должен был клюнуть носом по ходу падения, а так же начать вращаться вокруг своей продольной оси, т.к. центр давления сместится в этом случае к корме и уйдёт с продольной оси корабля - на анимации этот момент неверно изображён.

[@Lord_Merterus]

You got emotional for a tin can? Get a life dude

[@bryanhunter3385]

My six year old daughter with a rather short attention span sat on my knee and watched the whole thing, asking questions throughout. And that never happens. So thank you for that ❤ Lets hope her generation is as inspired as I was growing up the 80s and following the space race. Stellar effort folks!

[@jessicakirsh]

This is very exciting to hear!

[@MisterItchy]

Beautiful!

[@TheBestOfSweden]

@@jessicakirsh love your content Jessica. Keep it up! 😊

[@jessicakirsh]

@@TheBestOfSweden Thank you for your kind words! Doing my best to keep it up!

[@TheBestOfSweden]

@@jessicakirsh 😊👌👌

[@RoclerBeats]

Never thought I'd shed a tear for the destruction of a flying grain silo

[@Creed109]

I'm guessing that's what happened during re-entry from yesterday launch. I hope they gain valuable data for next flight. Can't wait!

[@alecgriffiths790]

I didn't expect to feel as emotional as I did. I got chills during the booster reentry/catch. And I nearly cried during the Ship 24 reentry. Seeing that caught me by surprise. This is hands-down the best Starship animation I have ever seen. A superb masterpiece. Well done all!

[@francocastilloAR]

It is most likely to happen.

[@espeterson522]

@@francocastilloAR Not "most likely", but I'd say it's about 50/50.

[@kirkanos771]

@@espeterson522 And i'm an advocate of learning by failure. any outcome one way or the other, i'm glad, and i can't wait.

[@rpk5568]

Me too.

[@sevendesign1805]

Why is there such high anticipation that it will fail? I would expect the team at SpaceX has done their due diligence. I understand there is some probability it could fail but to make claims like "most likely, 50/50" etc makes me feel the math necessary to predict its future has been completed. I definitely don't share the same level of certainty with regard to its failure or success. Regardless, I definitely trust the team at SpaceX and I'm most excited to see the monumental event.

[@Robyfied]

The detail on this is unreal! The raptor engine failing at 8:36 is such an amazing little feature!

[@u1zha]

Yay 😅 Engine-rich green exhaust. I didn't notice until this

[@icedanilzation]

yeah a nice touch, to show that the rocket doesn't need all its engines to function I think

[@alexlabs4858]

I think it’s animated with unreal engine 5. Truly though it’s unreal.

[@orionSpacecraft]

Should have been 5 engines

[@MKJ8888]

Best Starship animation ever.

[@johnpooky84]

The amount of precision required for 10:47 is going to be possibly even more nail-biting to watch than the launch itself.

[@thespacepeacock]

This was so incredibly well produced it felt like a short movie rather than a long animation. I had goosebumps almost the whole time watching this, and even got a bit emotional at the end. Watching Starship evolve from a flying grainsilo to the monster it is today has been one of the best experiences of my life. I still vividly remember watching in awe as Starhopper hovered in the sky, watching the Labpadre stream as MK1’s top blew off, seeing how SN1 and SN3 folded under the sheer pressure of the Nitrogen inside them, and feeling absolute shock as SN4 experienced its RUD. I tuned into every cryo test, WDR or static fire i possibly could. I remember the excitement as SN5 and SN6 performed their hops and landings. The stress when SN8 was just 1 pressure disk away from disaster. And then the absolute exhilaration as it finally took to the skies, performed a belly flop and managed to right itself and relight its engines before smashing into the ground in a ball of fire. I actually shouted encouragement at it through my screen as it climbed ever higher. Then a few months later SN9 met its end after a beautiful flight, leaning to the very end. I couldn’t believe my eyes when the dust cleared and SN10 stood tall on the landing path a few months after that. I could believe them even less when it exploded anyway just minutes later. I remember how disappointed we all were when SN11 disintegrated in the mist. And then finally, the sheer excitement for the future, for spaceflight, for humanity i felt when SN15 stuck its landing. I was lost for words when SN20 and BN4 finally met eachother on the OLM, after watching them both aswell as the tower and the pad being built from scratch. Ever since then, i’ve been anticipating that first orbital flight. It always seemed just months away. But then B4S20 was retired, and along came B7S24. I saw that booster almost collapse when its downcommer failed, and then again as the air under it blew up. Months and months went by, the FAA environmental report was released, and the launch seemed to always be so close yet so far away. And now it’s finally almost time. The OTF is going to change spaceflight *forever* I want to thank each and every animator, photographer and tankwatcher who had a hand in creating this masterpiece. You all outdid yourselves on this one. Here’s to the OTF, to you guys, and to our future as a spacefaring civilisation. Bring it on, Starship!!!

[@mortallychallenged]

Really relate to this, you really articulated the experience people like us have felt. Its been a wild ride, and well continue to watch intently long into the future!

[@NemoConsequentae]

Well said!

[@Horus2Osiris]

Right with you there, beautifully rendered recounting, animation, and anticipation. Go Team SpaceX!!!

[@789Appel]

I couldn't have said it any better, this is exactly how it feels to us. LFG STARSHIP!

[@VivaanArora-bh7pn]

same i also got emotional at end. Reminds me the good ol' days of watching Interstellar for the first time. This video was very similar and music used was lit af

[@Treebeard1671]

As impressive as the animation is, and it is incredible, I’m most surprised by the high quality of the musical score. It’s beautiful! It’s like something John Williams or James Horner would have done. Brilliant in every way. It makes me excited for the real thing.

[@BryanBlock]

The score is absolutely incredible. I wondered the whole time where you got this music. Well done!!!

[@LordTimelord]

I completely agree! The music score is outstanding!

[@jgunther3398]

it's encouraging that it uses sounds from the symphony orchestra, even if they are synthesized

[@jamesmugz2167]

Yeah! that was immersive

[@Gregorius421]

The music reminds me of some epic movie I saw, or a mix of them. Some Star Trek, 2001 Space Odyssey, Abyss. What else can you recognize?

[@jcims]

I don’t know how you pulled off that score but it 100% brought me back to the epic space movies of the 80s when i was a kid. Amazing with everyone, this was a complete experience.

[@KeepItReal2024]

SpaceX should hire you & everyone involved as their official animations team if possible. Truly outstanding work. Being able to show all these details is mind-blowing. Keep up the great work all! Thanks to Ryan for bringing such talented artists together to produce this masterpiece. Like & share everyone! 🚀

[@Elvarks]

All this detail without access to any CAD files!!

[@slaction]

They care about real things, not CGI stuff. Why would they give a shit about this? Maybe he can work at Pixar or something, but not a space company lol.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

​@@slaction SpaceX do make videos like this too y'know?

[@squidwardfromua]

@@slaction "They care about real things, not CGI stuff." The evidence of your ignorance at a distance of one link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4DSqWWtatiAmaM

[@KeepItReal2024]

@@slaction 🚀

[@rocketman1969]

Can’t wait for this!!! One of the most realistic animations out there!!!!!

[@TheBirbLeader]

shut up

[@RocketPal]

Yo we have a similiar name (kinda)

[@rocketman1969]

@@RocketPal true

[@crinixx]

Shared this with my mom, she’s going to show her 5th grade class. She has had them super interested in starship since their space unit. This video made me tear up out of pure passion. Great job to everyone involved and go Spacex! Cannot wait for this upcoming launch.

[@garbage6577]

now that’s a good teacher. I wish my teachers would actually teach us more in depth about space and science. Instead of learning about rockets and cool stuff like that in fifth grade, we learned the order of the planets instead.

[@_apsis]

now have her show them the launch

[@kiefox7162]

@@garbage6577 Yes. An average teacher (my experience) shows the class a png of a falcon heavy and says "This is a rocket", and moves on and teaches about asteroids for the 4584693th time.

[@odinharou7112]

We are merely hours away from such a historic flight now. The hype is real

[@MattLowne]

Fantastic work, definitely worth the wait! Hats off to everyone who worked on this 😍

[@EritoKaio]

Thank you Matt!

[@morriscatnz]

Interesting - I'm going to watch it a second time, but it looked like the cause for failure was an unexpected jet of plasma creeping up and under the right forward flap. I'll check again, but on the brief view of the next starship, the black insulation tiles was built up around this area. I like the fact that they chose to portray an unsuccessful mission, that's the way Spacex works, trial and error.

[@persoonmars1828]

MATT!!!

[@BluefireguyXD]

Sup Matt! When's your next freaking SSTO video? Oh I can't wait!

[@3gunslingers]

@@morriscatnz _" it looked like the cause for failure was an unexpected jet of plasma creeping up and under the right forward flap. I'll check again, but on the brief view of the next starship, the black insulation tiles was built up around this area"_ Well spotted. I think you are right.

[@George-sx1xn]

NSF brought me here. Wow, this is going to be a great show.. :) Waiting.

[@Metjas]

8:37 - 1 Engine failure, the small little details in this animation are amazing

[@thomasdeutschmann6984]

After a couple of minutes, I had to pause and connect a proper headset. Just knew this shouldn't be watched with laptop speakers. As a VFX Producer I have an idea of the hours spent. Great work! Thank you.

[@JoshLoweSpace]

It's really hard to visualise this vehicle actually launching, you and your team have made it a reality. Don't stop working hard mate!

[@spiritusinfinitus]

I agree. You don't usually get such a sense of scale, but this video conveys just how big the thing is and how awesome it firing up is going to be!

[@JK-ly8fk]

Never expected to feel this emotional, awestruck by an animation. I've followed this journey closely the past 5 or so years - this animation is GOLD... Great work guys. Brilliant!

[@lukezhang3017]

safe to say that the actually launch went slightly differently.

[@mikewallace8087]

Complete utter catastrophic destruction today . There is no bright side.

[@RocketPal]

@@mikewallace8087 Shut the hell up fletfus, it was destoyed safely by the FTS. You can go home now and make your own successful rocket.

[@TheBestOfSweden]

@@mikewallace8087 lol yes. It wasn’t that bad

[@lukezhang3017]

@@TheBestOfSwedenI still consider it a success

[@TheBestOfSweden]

@@lukezhang3017 me too!

[@AnthonyJ.P.]

I just realized the engine failure in the booster. Great job. Hopefully that doesn't happen for real.

[@JackABeyer]

AMAZING!

[@genelomas332]

If you didn't gasp and shed tears at 16:25, you are not human.. Just a beautiful, magnificent video. Thankyou to all involved.

[@davidvegabravo1579]

I actually laughed.

[@genelomas332]

@@davidvegabravo1579 you have no soul.

[@Galm1Cipher0]

I didn’t cry but I was shocked and kinda happy

[@SebastianRodriguez-bs4wh]

I shit my pants

[@Thedtwizzle]

Just left STARBASE this past week to see Starship 24 had just been transported to OLP and Super Heavy 7 was sitting there waiting to be topped off. It was a beautiful sight knowing all the 24/7 work the Space X team has put into this for years and we are almost ready to fly. Then this animation comes out. It moved me to tears!

[@fmild1]

May i know why you left?

[@MalrusOSC]

Literally, they are working on 24/7, 24/7

[@dankatkov6133]

And this thing flew today... The flight was short but very exciting! Good luck to whatever ship will fly next

[@mikewallace8087]

D.K. Space X just lost billions $ with that disaster today. There will be no attempt for a long time.

[@HypersonicWyvern]

@@mikewallace8087 my source is that I made it the fuck up!

[@moontrooper2587]

@@mikewallace8087 2 boosters waiting in line, next flight in a couple months. NASA spent over 20 billion and almost 3 decades to develop and launch one single-use SLS.

[@astrojoe]

Just WOW... thank you to all involved!!! Never thought I'd have leaky eyes from this, but I do!

[@pete2.0.43]

Me too

[@jessicakirsh]

This is amazing, Ryan! Thanks so much for putting so much work into this! You've done an amazing job visualizing what OFT day will be like!

[@jessicakirsh]

Great work by the entire team!!!

[@jazzmanny02]

Your Breathtaking as Keanu Reeves would say your making history with what you do daily with your channel its freaking amazing to watch!!!

[@glenn_r_frank_author]

WOW WOW WOW... can't wait to see the real thing happen on Monday!

[@MrGoogleChill]

This was the most beautiful animation I've ever seen in 43 years of life. Please don't go anywhere and please continue to produce beautiful art as you did with this masterpiece. Much respect! From Batesville, IN.

[@ilearnedsomethingnewtoday6193]

You should watch borrowed time short film. I would say it tops this, but only barely. This truly deserves an academy animated short film nomination, and I mean that. No hyperbole.

[@rubikmonat6589]

@@ilearnedsomethingnewtoday6193 You'd be right, more of a ballistic than hyperbolic trajectory. :)

[@romanvonkolln4330]

Scott Manley brought me here and I'm speechless. This fired me up even more to the first flight of starship. very well done!

[@Bora_H]

I am stunned by the quality of this production. Absolutely professional. Thanks so much to all of you.

[@thelonelycatproject]

😮 goosebumps. can’t wait to watch this masterpiece. in thrust we trust 🚀

[@michaelphillips8321]

Someone needs to come out with that tee shirt like yesterday!

[@JayMoriaki87]

What an epic 20 minutes. Thanks to everyone involved in creating this! Very excited to live it for real very soon.

[@astronautnr7]

There is so much detail! After watching this 4 times, I noticed that during the boostback burn, one engine fails to ignite. Incredible

[@MrGeneralScar]

These animations are just excellent, and that hoodie or shirt/jacket... "In Thrust We Trust" Yeah, that should totally be on someone's merch store. It will probably sell out in minutes. Imagine seeing Everday Astronauts' next Starbase tour video with Elon and having Elon wearing that shirt.

[@peterford5408]

I love it when a typo results in out-of-place rudeness! Another example would be when trying to sign off emails with "Regards," but your finger hits just above the 'G' key.

[@MrGeneralScar]

@@peterford5408 oops just noticed i missed the R. Lol.

[@Fossilized]

The clouds of vapor look perfectly done, the level of detail and realism is insane

[@Justin-ik2vn]

pro

[@squidwardfromua]

Both animation and real test were amazing! Now just rename this video to O.F.T #2 and we're good to go for next launch attempt

[@mikewallace8087]

Good for the next launch attempt ? That Super Heavy launch 4/20/2023 was a catastrophic failure in a few ways. The booster was to have All engines running the whole boost phase . The compete stack was not to turn sideways at the end of boost. The Starship was to operate like you saw here. Space X is in serious trouble after this disaster.

[@squidwardfromua]

@@mikewallace8087 🤡

[@mikewallace8087]

@@squidwardfromua ☠

[@foxyplays6546]

​​​​@@mikewallace8087 mate, the Starship that flown are intended for testing purposes (Max Q and etc), failure of some system are to be expected anytime, plus its an older model, the newer variant has alot of upgrade and are waiting to be launched, no rocket are perfect, not everything is perfect in one go, just look at the Falcon 1 or the Ship testing, it took them 5 tries to finally land the ship without exploding, and no, they're not in a big trouble Side note: it has 33 engine so if some engine fails it still capable of continuing the flight, this also applied to Saturn V rocket

[@sfguzmani]

@@mikewallace8087 🤡🤡🤡

[@zedrocky6529]

If you think F9 landing on it’s own is a thrill wait for Superheavy getting caught by those chopsticks! I’m gonna can’t believe my eyes ❤

[@MarkCarline]

OMG. This is going to be **EPIC** !!

[@alexbuckle1085]

Just imagine when they are done 5+ launches a day

[@nathancommissariat3518]

Loved the plot twist 😂 Great work all, this stuff is not easy! The visuals were insanely detailed and well-worth the wait. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece and can’t wait to see how it compares to the actual first flight!

[@steveaustin2686]

Well, Musk has said that while they are fairly confident of Starship reaching orbit on the first attempt, they expect it to take multiple attempts for a successful re-entry and soft water landing.

[@francocastilloAR]

@@steveaustin2686 And that without talking about REUSE.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@francocastilloAR While reuse is great, it is not the end all, be all of spaceflight. There are drawbacks to reuse.

[@francocastilloAR]

@@steveaustin2686 That's why I say. It will take many flights to be able to reuse.

[@steveaustin2686]

@@francocastilloAR Well SpaceX is planning on expending some of the Starships, since they have at least one of them without TPS or flaps. The even expend some of the Falcon 9 boosters when the payload/orbit demand it. It is not unlikely that SpaceX will take some number of years to get Starship to the point of a once a week or less launch cadence, like the Falcon 9 now.

[@TheBestOfSweden]

Let’s hope that OFT-2 turns out like this!!

[@mhh2010]

From those of us old enough to have played our first pixel games on the first table top Mac computers, to this beautiful creation… bless you all, thank you!

[@TaurusSpace]

The detail is extraordinary and the effort put in to this project is truly amazing!!! Truly the best animation i have ever seen!

[@clay-tw5gc]

This animation has me wishing that I was still in the workforce taking a part of this exciting time in space flight.

[@mokiloke]

Incredible sound design to go along with the obviously stunning graphics. It really set the whole stage.

[@Blinan68]

We've come a long way from the stone age (c.5,000 years ago) which is a VERY short time on the cosmic calendar. Go Starship!

[@robtrunley]

The field depths, motion blur, cinematic angles & focal lengths are all just epic! I love your attention to detail, well done to you all.

[@donjones4719]

I love all the little details, especially the use of the vent thrusters to turn Super Heavy. And the retro alarm clock is a fun touch. It's a nice surprise that the probable demise of Ship 24 is shown but it's true and your ending underlines such an important part - Starship's genius doesn't lie in one ship but in the fact another and then another and then another ship can be brought out for test flights.

[@shanemeyer9224]

I can’t say I’ve ever watched an animation that had me speechless, wow the sound engineering on this was just pure perfection, I mean the sounds of the pressure releasing when prop loading, the rocket, you even nailed the engines start up sequence so it didn’t just show every engine immediately start but in a specific order, just wow this is so amazing

[@finchybiker83]

you was bang on the money with next line up, S25 is up next and cannot wait

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

I was surprised that they didn't depict a fully successful mission. I actually kinda like that though, because it still shows all flight states that we haven't seen yet (we've seen starship land irl) and it's a little more realistic for a first test flight. Very well done!!

[@davidbkelly]

It is in the plans to ocean crash the first Starship but attempt to land the booster.

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

@@davidbkelly I'm fairly certain they intend to attempt to soft land the ship in the ocean, which means surviving reentry and doing the flip maneuver, but it would probably break up when it falls over in the water. This clearly shows an RUD when the flap fails. (Not a RPD rapid planned disassembly)

[@francocastilloAR]

@@nathanaelvetters2684 The "flaps" so far have not failed.

[@u1zha]

​@@francocastilloAR It's much easier to fail when engulfed in burning hot plasma. Flaps and tiles have not been tested at those speeds.

[@georgerazvanbalaj7928]

This is a masters pice.Imagine with how much nostalgia we will look again on this video in a few years when starship launches will be so frecuent as Falcon 9. The emotion of this animation is on very high levels(especiali the booster re-entry/catch and of course the sad destruction of S24 the first from her kind)

[@steveaustin2686]

Musk has said that they are fairly confident that Starship will reach orbit, but expect it to take multiple attempts for a successful reentry and soft water landing. So expect a RUD.

[@supersonictsunami8768]

I am a 37 yr old man. Watching this made me feel like I was 8 watching flight of the navigator. This video literally made me cry. Absolutely stunning yous guys!

[@stevengaming3689]

Exactly a year ago, this animation was released. Looking at Starship now, it's amazing to see how far the program has come.

[@scheldon2244]

To see S24 go almost exactly the way of Columbia was tear-jerking. But this is by far the best launch trailer I’ve ever seen!

[@iancompton6494]

That ending..... Thank you, sir, for a great render! I can't wait to see this for real soon.

[@Robert_Lindsay]

Watching this again as the second attempt is being planned (awaiting the FAA license). Hopefully, going to be able to watch it with my little boy of 5 - on or around my birthday on Sep. 21 - which is also my last day of work. I watched the Apollo missions on TV when I was a kid, and the 1969 moon landing when I was not yet 8. Maybe he can see a Mars landing when he is in that same age of impressionable wonder too. These kind of things are a big deal for kids, to stretch their concept of possibilities.

[@garbage6577]

the fact that they animated it so there was still fuel in the superheavy for boostback and landing is some amazing attention to detail

[@michaelsporer2511]

Realy rare, but i`m absolutly forced to comment how great this is. You all did a unbelievable job. Just bravo.

[@robshephard5388]

Brilliant hairs standing up. can't wait

[@BryanOfTheMntns]

I just found this after the scrub today, and first off...wow, really. I know they don't plan to catch stage 0 on this suborbital test or actually test release pay load, and we all hope the second stage survives reentry in reality. While I'm sure experts can find technical issues, this was just incredibly well done from a layman enthusiast perspective, and I can't imagine the feels I'll get when starship does it for reals. Thank you, and please continue this work with future missions.

[@Gaudy_Nautica]

Cried the entire time. This captured what is so inspiring about space flight.

[@mustanggtwap8791]

Holy cow - tell me I'm not the only one who cried at 16:26?! As close to the real thing as the real thing- outstanding

[@parislikesliners]

Bro I deadass got sad 😭

[@mustanggtwap8791]

​@@parislikeslinerslong live S24 ❤

[@user-qd8oi2gz1q]

FINALLY!!!!!

[@timboatfield]

_Virtually_

[@Lasseyboy]

I had to take a few breaks while watching this at work, in case colleagues came by and I was fully teared up - because I get so easily emotional.... This was an absolute delight to watch! ! 10/10 And Like everyone else watching this; I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH

[@TexanMiror2]

Amazing stuff. Those moments from 4 minutes onward give me goosebumps, making me hyped for the real thing. We know Starship will likely go into the history books forever. It's a special moment in history, and I'm glad there is this huge community that formed around SpaceX's absurdly fast pace and transparency of development, able to capture our excitement and hopes and dreams for this new era of spaceflight.

[@TomandSpace]

Badass trailer. Can't wait!

[@Billybobble1]

I love that between 17:13 - 17:53 when this video was posted, it was mimicking actual reality almost in sync! (except S24 in reality, and night) In mere days and weeks from this comment we get to see the remainder in real life!!! Like we're not already so excited for this launch, this video has really amped it up and just a perfect landing in regards to timing it's release, bravo to all involved and thank you. We're so close to history! 🚀 Thank you SpaceX 🌠🥳🥳🥳

[@SusEngineSFS]

I thought it was mandatory to return to this video after IFT-3

[@timlizaverbunt-littlefield1134]

This was absolutely incredible. Marcus house put me onto this short film and it gave me chills!!! Thank you animators!!🙏

[@NickelC]

It's happening!! Ok everyone, it's HAPPENING!!!

[@smacksman1]

The attention to detail at 5:54 + of the launch shows why the Orbital Launch Mount took so long to build. Outstanding work. Thank you.

[@joaquimkeloglanian4801]

This is awesome. I can’t put into words how thankful I am for this incredible team of artists and producers to get together and craft this masterpiece.

[@CakeAcquired]

8:19 gotta be one of the coolest shots in the whole video and I hope it looks like that in real life

[@evilhobbes]

I think this is absolutely the best thank you to the SpaceX team you could have made. From highlighting the support crews to showing the relentless drive to reload and continue when tragedy strikes, this was absolutely stunning. Hope this will become routine and nothing to write home about in my lifetime.

[@MyClaire1978]

Omg speechless! That was some incredible work! I was crying my eyes out the whole time! To the moon and mars guys!!

[@furycat6531]

That booster return and capture sequence gave me goosebumps. Excellent music as well!

[@LordTimelord]

Catching the Super Heavy Booster with the Chopsticks is going to be a "Turning it up to ELEVEN" ground landing when it finally happens! 😎

[@MachoShacho]

This brings tears to my eyes! You have truly made such a wonderful animation and a work of art!

[@thechanceogden]

This is incredible. Absolutely amazing with the storyline, visuals, and the SOUNDTRACK. I may or may not have teared up on S24's re-entry!

[@thejesuschrist]

Eternal slow clap 👏

[@quantum_martian]

Wow it's good when even jesus himself thinks it's good

[@James42_]

Everything was accurate, except that this doesn't have a big crater underneath the OLM 😂

[@59seank]

The animation is spectacular and Ryer's score really brought it home for me.

[@ryer9646]

:)

[@Orbitly]

This is one of, if not THE best video on KZbin. It's stunningly realistic, and the soundtrack was phenomenal! Huge congrats to you Ryan and everyone else who worked on this, you all did great!

[@donjones4719]

I'm so grateful the soundtrack is sophisticated and well matched to each part of the video. It would have been terrible if some techno track with overbearing synthetic percussion detracted from all the awesome animation work.

[@Valery0p5]

The breakup reminded me of the Columbia, so it was pretty sad, but this is exactly why we make unmanned tests! Great artistic choices all around the video!

[@danoosterhous4933]

The detail in the 20 different shots of booster/ship from launch to stage sep are all amazing, thank you

[@smallstars]

You should all know, I've spent some time with Ryan Hansen and he is genuine, a gentleman, and just a great person. GGG

[@parktheforg]

God this is the best animation I’ve ever seen. As a huge space head I thank you so much

[@cosmicdeepspaceteck7098]

SPECTACULAR

[@spittle97]

This was FANTASTIC! Now we just need an animation of the first mars mission!

[@bryanillenberg]

Every time I watch this, it's a struggle to not cry. Well done, Ryan Hansen Space