Ultimate Starship History ; From Hop to Orbit

How has SpaceX's Starship gone from a flying water tower in 2019 to the largest, most powerful rocket ever in just 5 years?
Here is a fun, somewhat stylized animation featuring the most important and spectacular tests SpaceX has conducted over the last 5 years.
Form Starhoppper, to the 150m tank hops, to the 10km belly flop tests, to the integrated flight tests, to orbit, and all the guaranteed excitement in between.
Thanks to all the great KZbin channels that spend so much time and effort documenting the Starship program. I could not make an animation like this without you,
LabPadre Space - / @labpadre
NASA Spaceflight - / @nasaspaceflight
RGV Aerial Photography - / @rgvaerialphotography
What About It!? - / @whataboutit
Marcus House - / @marcushouse
Everyday Astronaut - / @everydayastronaut
CSI Starbase - / @csistarbase
Scott Manley - / @scottmanley
SpaceX - / @spacex
And many more over the years.
Timestamps:
00:00 intro
00:25 starhopper
00:53 MK-01 cryo test
01:09 SN-01 cryo test
01:26 SN-02 cryo test
01:47 SN-03 cryo test
02:01 SN-04 static fire
02:25 SN-05 hop test
03:11 SN-06 hop test
03:41 SN-08 belly flop test
04:58 SN-09 belly flop test
05:30 SN-10 belly flop test
06:28 SN-11 belly flop test
07:25 SN-15 belly flop test
08:36 BN-03
08:57 B4/S20 first stack
09:11 B4 cryo test
09:35 B4/S20 chopstick stack
09:57 B7 test scare
10:19 B7 static fire
10:46 B7/S25 IFT 01
12:11 OLM deluge test
12:28 B9 static fire
12:48 B9/S25 IFT 02
14:13 B10/S28 IFT 03
15:50 outro
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[@Whataboutit]

Thank you, Nick! Fantastic job! ♥

[@Mrfrogboi]

WHATABOUT IT HELLOOOOO

[@NickHenning3D]

Of course! Thanks for watching! You rock too 😉

[@team-steinbaer]

Wow, now we have the full compilation. Looks amazing!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks, finally up to date!

[@jimcabezola3051]

Nice to see how far we've come along in this endeavour!

[@NickHenning3D]

It's been quite the journey

[@jimcabezola3051]

@@NickHenning3D Mahalo for bringing all along! Aloha!

[@alecgriffiths790]

What a fun and fantastic animation! You did a great job!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thank you so much!

[@ross077]

What a wonderful recap. So many milestones to celebrate and so many more to come.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks and well said. This is just starting!

[@tomomar123]

This is great! Going to have to watch it 400 more times.

[@berkiaskyclan2948]

When the world needed him most, he returned

[@TheSpaceEngineer]

Awesome

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks you

[@LewisKnaggs]

Very nice!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@clevergirl4457]

apart from some date errors here and there, this is great. Good job.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. Can't belive some still slipped through.

[@herrjohnssen]

Looking back, it is wild they let 24/7 fly. Also, very good attention to detail, especially with the rotating grid fins during hot staging

[@Wurtoz9643]

As soon as the next IFT launches you’re immediately allowed to make fun of the previous one.

[@klixtrio7760]

High chance of an RUD on the pad for sure

[@toadsauce8091]

That was awesome! Great job dude. 👍

[@stevengaming3689]

Finally! Great video, can't wait to see more!

[@TaurusSpace]

Amazing work!

[@Moki314]

Its incredible how far water towers have come! And fantastic work on the animation and models!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thank you very much!

[@dogteam6178]

I have been waiting for a video like this to get updated and it finally did

[@NickHenning3D]

Took a bit longer than I hoped

[@mikehenning1791]

Love the detail you out into the stage zero at each point ❤ amazing work thank you for taking the time to put this together

[@NickHenning3D]

It's almost as important as the ship. Thanks

[@badrinair]

Beautiful, wonderful, amazing work Nic. Totally enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing

[@stefunrosu]

Well done man :)

[@MarsChroniken]

This was awesome! Thank you Nick!

[@CATDRL2]

This is th most fun I had watching a video in along time. Thanks so much for all the hard work to bring this to us.

[@NickHenning3D]

Wow, thank you!

Great job!!! I love the details and the small "memory highlights" like the drone at first full stack.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks a bunch!

[@christophlemke7884]

Thanks, it is great to see the progress.

[@cameronmuirhead5352]

Gotta say, well done. I really enjoyed it. Keep it comin.

[@Yura.Pestrikov]

This is awesome

[@JoshLoweSpace]

This is so awesome!! Those flame and dust simulations are so nice, and those model textures are fantastic! Great work!!!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks a lot!

[@crimsonlmao08]

Fantastic!!! This is incredibly amazing. Good job!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thank you very much!

[@FunnyGuyexe4]

Man WOW all those hardwork you've done dude, this is so amazing

[@MarynJohnForever]

Incredible!!! Must watch for all ages

[@XBlueBeam]

There are no words for how amazing this is. Absouletly incredible. Stunning animations.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@adastraglobal]

Fantastic, congratulations and thank you!

[@NickHenning3D]

Many thanks!

[@dnarnhoj]

Great work!

[@StingerNSW]

Sensational Nick, well done 👍

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks a ton!

[@timnook9090]

OH HELL YEAH THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks, been a long time coming

[@oliviern4770]

Great work

[@ozsimflyer]

Absolutely incredible, genius mate. Really well done.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@voyagerintotheunknown]

Awesome and humorous overview. Superb job! 🎉

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@user-fi3ld9yr7n]

Very good work

[@BeaverInSpace]

❤ Glad you keep the payload bay door open on S28, ift 3

[@tech5298]

That must have taken a long time to create and put together. We enjoyed it, thank you!

[@NickHenning3D]

It was fun though. Thanks!

[@edward-of-rays]

Absolutely incredible

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@davejohnson7809]

Great job!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@brucerowney8380]

Excellent work. Earned my subscription.

[@NickHenning3D]

Welcome aboard! And thank you

[@tha1oneasianguy]

Thank you for adding this sudden detail 15:06! A lot of people thought it smacked into the ocean when in reality it exploded mid air

[@johnpooky84]

It did a Tunguska.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. Funner to animate too!

[@StarKerbOfficial]

amazing video! :)

[@hondaman4423]

sn10. The first starship to fly twice.

[@Mrfrogboi]

Lol

[@caab0516]

amazing

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks

[@Dountman]

Amazing!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@bryanillenberg]

Two minor errors: B9+ don't have the HPUs, and B7 had two sets of chines, one "normal", one "small"

[@Wurtoz9643]

Also B9 didn’t have the HSR for its first SF

[@LinuzSpace]

yep

[@All_Original]

Awsome!

[@alexanderkenway]

Awesome!

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!

[@AllThingsSpace3]

Nice work

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks

[@AllThingsSpace3]

@@NickHenning3D you're welcome

[@setesh1294]

I'm glad you included NSF's camera (I think) being taken out by SN-11.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks for noticing. It is a part of history now

[@EdwardNathanielDeLosSantos]

Good job

[@DeutscheReich]

Great work! One mistake I found: Starship SN9 launched from Suborbital Pad B, in the animation it launched from Pad A

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks! Yeah I got that a quite a few other thing off a bit. Your the only one to catch this though!

[@arsharif2590]

You are a true legend

[@DANIELSPACE-cu2xx]

its amazing

[@igorskorczynski9857]

That is amazing work!! I have been waiting for this btw why does booster 9 have a hpu lol?

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. It was an organization error.

[@peterlewis4199]

That was amazing. Made me giggle, lots of funny moments.

[@snapshuttre]

awesome

[@wiggancreativestudios]

Absolutely love this BROOOOOO, it's almost like playing the LEGO games! Great information in an easily digestible format!!

[@Papagolash]

Great video! Hoppy's 1st flight should have been included though. Same with the 1st Raptor static fire with Hoppy since It was the 1st static fire of the Starship program with a prototype.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. At 16 min. I had to make some cuts.

[@dancingdog2790]

SN4 RUD needs more footage of the methane leak creeping toward the flare stack, the tension was palpable!

[@kiwakatoraco8533]

I love the iconic seagull squawking in boca chica

[@VistokDB]

Always remember guys, this just the start of many more to come❤🎉

[@kiwakatoraco8533]

The music choice in IFT-2 and 3 is great! I would love to know what they are.

[@mathimithranthangaraj3890]

After the sudden black out, you finally came with exciting video

[@merxellus1456]

Hello Sir.. we gonn need an Update as soon as IFT-3 launch

[@Antoine-oh1fy]

Really cool! why no real life footage tho?

[@lennyjames8457]

THE WATER TOWER CAN FLY!

[@ruzosalman9752]

s this a game or where do you make the animation?

[@NickHenning3D]

All the 3d modeling and animation was done in Maya

[@kennysantiago3038]

Wowww 👍👍👍

[@official_gd_sadd_2024_yt]

Correction, Super Heavy BN3 actually performed its 3-engine static fire test on July 19th, 2021 (A.K.A my 15th birthday).

[@Scrapspud]

was this made in blender?

[@NickHenning3D]

I used a lot of different software but the 3D modeling and animation was done in Maya

[@Scrapspud]

@@NickHenning3D ok!

[@spacer531]

Imaging if all of this never failed

[@NickHenning3D]

Wow! We would be on Mars now

[@goldenshatter]

If it never failed it would be way more dangerous.

[@BlueAerospace236]

15:45 Ryan Hensen moment there

[@John_GuyLOL]

Nick,Im just gonna say you have a couple mistakes notibly -SN10 shutsdown 2 out of 3 raptors during landing but you shawed that SN10 only shutdown 1 engine. But good job anyways

[@NickHenning3D]

Good eye! Some stuff just slipped through

[@getnoob3945]

I cant beleive it was really 1 year and 8 whole months beteeen the first stack by crane and the first integrated flight test. How did we keep ourselves busy during that time??

[@NickHenning3D]

It was a dull time.

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS.304]

Your channel is a positive escape from the stresses of life. Thank you for creating this oasis!

[@NickHenning3D]

Glad you enjoy it! That's the goal!

[@AstroNautics-Official]

I’m gonna guess that ift 4 might almost be the same as ift 3 but the booster might land and starship will make it pass reentry

[@NickHenning3D]

I hope so!

[@Mrfrogboi]

These awwww 😔 and WOOO 🤭got me dieing

[@Marrrrrko47]

Awesome! Youve made some mistakes with the dates though, b7's "explosion" was in 2022 not 2021, and itt3 launched in 2024, not 2023 lol

[@NickHenning3D]

Thank you! Wow after I don't know how many checks I still got dates wrong 🙃. Nice catch!

[@LinuzSpace]

The cowbell vents on the Booster are a little bit tilted… just sayin

[@goodgremlinmedia2757]

Just an FYI B9 didn’t have HPUs on the side

[@NickHenning3D]

Nice catch. One of many errors I misses.

[@csxguy3002]

Trial and Error, inventing starship is not an easy task, you need many many years of testing in order to perfect, the crew dragon for example when announced in 2014 took over 6 years to put a man on it

[@Beyersdoerfer]

Love the nsf "Water towers can fly" easter egg

[@konkam744]

Look!! it's a grain silo!!! NO!!!! It's a rocket!!!!! elon musk _quietly_ : _it's both_

[@getnoob3945]

9:57 Shouldn't it be 2022 not 2021?

[@NickHenning3D]

Oops 😬

[@FlyingPhantom8]

Someone needs to make this with the actual footage now

[@claytonroyes8141]

You labelled IFT 3 as March 14 2023

[@Goofyspacenerd]

That was the day

[@claytonroyes8141]

@@Goofyspacenerd it was this year, 2024

[@Goofyspacenerd]

​@@claytonroyes8141i just realized Oof Probably a typo

[@chuasoonbu4264]

Why you call starhopper "The Immortal"😂

[@NickHenning3D]

It's one of the only original tests to survive.

[@TroyRubert]

Rest in power white pipe.

[@Starsoon1]

Audience noises ruined this

[@leriku2270]

Great animation but those reaction sound effects are horrible, never use them again.

[@Scaliad]

I think those were real... 😗

[@leriku2270]

@@Scaliad they were added in

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. And yeah some hate em some love em

[@peterlewis4199]

They were really fun!

[@alecgriffiths790]

@@NickHenning3D I think they were a fun addition, especially hearing Tim Dodd's shouting in the Starhopper part of this video.

[@836823477842]

unbelievable attention to details! watch out for the launch site upgrades and other starship vehicles during the launches, dents in tanks, etc... I love it! :-)))))

[@NickHenning3D]

Great eye, thanks!

[@No_one_cares_about_Ukraine]

Just wow

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks!