The Hot and Cold History of SpaceX's Starship Prototype SN-4

This is a fun, simplified animation of the milestones SpaceX reached with Starship Serial Number 4. So many successes leading to one spectacular failure. So long and thanks for all the data!
Thanks to,
SpaceX
For continuing to inspire and amaze me.
NASASpaceflight
/ @nasaspaceflight
and
Mary the BocaChicaGal Twitter: @BocaChicaGa
For your amazing coverage of history. Thanks for all your work!

[@alecgriffiths790]

The mass simulator landing a few seconds later was perfection.

[@MrBunnylad]

LOL, ..I love the little details like the small side fire after one of the last tests.

[@NickHenning3D]

Glad you noticed

[@Santibag]

@@NickHenning3D You also didn't miss the thermal protection tiles that got dropped :D

[@tonytang5452]

Nice animation

[@BryanBlock]

Oh, what a brilliant depiction of the end of SN4 - I laughed out loud!! Excellent work - the suspense just kept building... :)

[@StingerNSW]

Awesome graphics with authentic sound effects, great work Nick! Love the ending :-)

[@mamin3152]

I AM THE BOOMER REMOVE, I SUMMON THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER TO COME AN GET YOU

[@framryk8537]

Awesome animations, tells the whole story really well. Love the flare stack and venting! Don’t forget to tweet this to @FelixSchlang, @MarcusHouseGame and others! EDIT: I couldn’t wait, I just did!

[@kotliz]

So long and thanks for all the data. 😄

[@eveilmusicalvirginiechatea5491]

Not a lot of peuple sée it ..

[@StanleyCreative]

Love it so much! Your attention to detail is fantastic, flare stack, the amount of ice, etc. Awesome!

[@L3nful]

This was an amzing sum up. Keep it up please! To understand everything for a noob this is gold!

[@DesignedbyWill2084]

Had to watch that last one multiple times to catch the details. Love the sound effects. Well done!

[@stevencastellanos8063]

Even though SN4 didn't fly this reminds me of how much data and successful testing SN4 went through. It was a success IMHO.... Can't wait for the next video!!!

[@1RayGun1]

Nice work. Loved the ending. Long Live SN#5

[@NickHenning3D]

Hope so!

[@wahidshamsher5413]

Very good animation work. Looks real

[@thats_my_comment]

GREAT JOB.!! @NickHenning3D the graphics are spot on and this has most certainly been the best graphical explanation of every test that took place on SN4. Good luck with the rest to come..👍

[@kevinisawake]

MORE MORE MORE - this is looking like a good upcoming channel - commentary would be nice.

[@GerardHammond]

This was very well done. Nick Henning you are a Starship master Ninja!

[@GerardHammond]

Also, I sort of understand how much works goes into 3D models. I used Shapr3D to model Starship Hopper and it took ages, ages and ages. (I wanted an accurate 3D printed model). Nick you are fantastically creative and clever, at the gamut of the tedious/ tricky/wizardry techniques, displayed here

[@Sonderax]

the explosion had me on the floor XD

[@differenttan7366]

Underselling that last bit

[@LOLDEMOS]

Oh man, I’m waiting for the SN5 please keep up the good work, this will be a good reference for the history of human spaceflight

[@thankhundej]

Tested very well. Almost done. The person who made this clip is very good, with good details.

[@sebastian.su935]

Now I know everything that happened thanks 😀😀👍

[@plvadvancebusinessconsulti895]

Great job. Keep it up. Very entertaining.

[@eugenerodriguezsolis7534]

Very awesome detailed and understandable love it🙏 thank you

[@bxchris]

bravo sir

[@SpaceFactsWax]

Thanks so much for posting. I got the chance to witness a rocket launch in 2018. Amazing experience. I shared a pretty cool clip of the experience on my page.

[@parajacks4]

Informative and funny

[@heroraven1337]

love it

[@teemo2029]

Wow please keep up this work and show us the story of all comeing serial numbers once they blow up Well we all know the gonna keep testing these prototypes until they blow up. :D

[@NickHenning3D]

Hopefully less blow up but there will be some!

[@teemo2029]

@@NickHenning3D Do we test SN 7 first time to destruction? Elon: YES

[@DAM89]

NIce. Made me jump at the end, haha

[@SeekTheStars32]

Love it keep it up bro

[@martinfusion3152]

Excellent work, thanks a lot!

[@gerbermrsa]

very nice.........respect.

[@markustreml]

love it! :))

[@PaddyPatrone]

SN4 got a good bang for the buck

[@fernan2s136]

Awesomeness!

[@manuelcastro6165]

So cool

[@BASILTWEEDY_]

This is great

[@reagank.2268]

I miss the flare stack. It always did some crazy things

[@sorban5352]

I haved hope for SN3 and now it's time for SN4 to break it again...hope for SN5.🤞

[@keithmcknight7646]

VERY NICE!!! Explains everything 👍🏽👌 Someone should send this to Elon 😆😆

[@meus2196]

Loved it!

[@SmogandBlack]

Ahahahahah... really nice! And accurate!!! You did a great job, dude... now please be sure to be ready for 1) new steel alloy; 2) renewed pad; 3) nosecones, canards, etc. and... (hopefully)... flights! 😊 🦾🦾🦾

[@yogimarkmac]

Alas poor SN-4, we knew her well.

[@freddigratzi2859]

Wow amazing video 😇

[@Santibag]

My only negative point is to preburner tests. They were too fiery. I see you tried to make them different from static fires but I still think preburners were too fiery. Otherwise, this was much better than I expected. Especially RUD part :D

[@questionmania2191]

Good

[@jahsehrecardo8394]

Just a suggestion but if you made the flame coming out of the raptor engine a blue flame it would be more accurate to how it would be burning if we could see it like on starhopper

[@reagank.2268]

Wow you even turned off the flare stack when it exploded

[@zachsquach]

1000th sub nice

[@demarcuscousinsthe65th]

whats that flaming white stick in the background

[@CrazyMineCuber]

What is the burning pole in the background?

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

Methane flare stack. Like on oil drilling sites. Methane is 20x times worse for the climate than CO2 so better burn it instead of venting it unburnt since two oxygen and one methane make one CO2 and two H2O. Not ideal but much better for the environment to burn it off. But it has since been removed and excess methane will be recondensed and compressed using solar power for an even more environmentally friendly solution. And none is wasted, so win win.

[@EdgewiseSJ]

If you want to make an omelette...

[@MyJudyKim]

Keep them such good ideas in secret file. Don''t let have them by Spy or copy cats of enemies!

[@fredo4311]

How much sn-4 pressure for cryo test? Give me information please

[@khuramnasar549]

Heya. Can someone please explain what the SN stands for and what they mean? I don't understand. I understand space x are now making SN7?? But what does this mean? I don't get it? Is it the current starship prototype they are making?? Is that right?

[@NickHenning3D]

It stands for Serial Number

[@Archin-dn4bp]

SN4 (((

[@polvalls1599]

you forgot the rcs thrusters test

[@directedby100]

SN124 First successful firing ... etc. June 14, 2026

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

2026? That should be more like SN500. They wanna make two a week and they're already pumping out one in three weeks despite the factory still being built and mostly being tents. Two a week is achievable by 2021 so that's a hundred a year plus what they made up to 2021.

[@monarchista]

great video but pls pls pls, no rotation... gives me a headache

[@larrybuzbee7344]

Nice modeling, terrible music. Too loud and continuously frenetic.

[@swithernbilla8510]

Why are those annoying white jets coming out of the side of starship everytime