Construction Begins on New Wider High Bay | SpaceX Boca Chica

SpaceX is constructing a new, wider High Bay to dramatically increase Starship & Super Heavy production and assembly cadence ahead of regular orbital missions. Meanwhile, work on the Catch Arms and Quick Disconnect Arm continues.

All content copyright to NSF. Not to be used elsewhere without explicit permission from NSF.

Click "Join" for access to early fast turnaround clips, exclusive discord access with the NSF team, etc - to support the channel.

L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.

0:00 Sunrise
01:30 Moving Ship 21’s Dome Section off of the Sleeving Stand
01:54 Small GSE Tank Stacked
02:25 Ships 15 and 16 Watching Over Production
02:55 Breaking up the Concrete North of the High Bay
03:40 Mystery Stand Structure Awaiting its Purpose
04:10 Additional Parts Installed Inside of a Ring Stack
05:40 Booster Test Stand
06:05 Construction of a New Stand (New Booster Stand?)
06:30 The Orbital Launch Site
07:00 Work Continues on the Orbital Launch Mount
07:30 Quick Disconnect Arm Being Strengthened
08:30 Line Boring a Quick Disconnect Arm Hinge
09:05 Ship 20 on Suborbital Pad B
09:35 Ship 20 has many Markers on the Heat Shield
10:01 Work Continues on the Catch Arms
11:01 Liebherr LR 11000 Moving to GSE Tanks
11:31 The Orbital Launch Mount
12:02 Work Continues on the Integration Tower
14:25 Equipment Installed at the Orbital Tank Farm
14:53 Transport Stand being Relocated
15:23 Raptor RB24 Delivered
15:52 Work Continues on Small GSE Tank

[NASASpaceflight]

Time Stamps!

0:00 Sunrise
01:30 Moving Ship 21’s Dome Section off of the Sleeving Stand
01:54 Small GSE Tank Stacked
02:25 Ships 15 and 16 Watching Over Production
02:55 Breaking up the Concrete North of the High Bay
03:40 Mystery Stand Structure Awaiting its Purpose
04:10 Additional Parts Installed Inside of a Ring Stack
05:40 Booster Test Stand
06:05 Construction of a New Stand (New Booster Stand?)
06:30 The Orbital Launch Site
07:00 Work Continues on the Orbital Launch Mount
07:30 Quick Disconnect Arm Being Strengthened
08:30 Line Boring a Quick Disconnect Arm Hinge
09:05 Ship 20 on Suborbital Pad B
09:35 Ship 20 has many Markers on the Heat Shield
10:01 Work Continues on the Catch Arms
11:01 Liebherr LR 11000 Moving to GSE Tanks
11:31 The Orbital Launch Mount
12:02 Work Continues on the Integration Tower
14:25 Equipment Installed at the Orbital Tank Farm
14:53 Transport Stand being Relocated
15:23 Raptor RB24 Delivered
15:52 Work Continues on Small GSE Tank

[miguelurrutdarkorangefan]

"Tacos Make Me Happy" Why, yes, yes they do make me happy.

[alanc]

Excellent as always. I don't think some epeople realize just how much is going on in a day at Space X. But rest assured Mary shows us just how busy it is around there.

[notbusy]

It's interesting how SpaceX is unafraid to display any weaknesses. Starship is on display with all of those markers, showing everyone it's condition. They'll deal with it, and everyone will get to see that too. They don't hide, which gives me more confidence that they will ultimately succeed. Can't say that for their competitors.

[Mythricia]

08:30 Today I Learned that the "weird inverted lathe type thing" is, in fact, a weird inverted lathe type thing called a (portable) Line Boring machine. I saw it in previous videos and was racking my brain trying to figure out what it was - my guess was that it's some kind of machine to help bore very precise and aligned holes for large machine hinges. This video confirmed it. Sometimes I feel smart. And then reality hits me, usually. Glad to be stuck in wonderland on this one.

[abelrosales]

Thank you Mary and Jack for the experience of watching the sunrise over Boca Chica and the amazing amount of concurrent activity. Your the best of the best. Who else would give us a Taco truck and a Raptor Engine in a few frames?

[arizonametamorph]

The "equipment" being installed at the orbital tank farm was a very large multi-stage submersible pump. Signed, your friendly neighborhood civil engineer.

[cosmicphoto]

Scheduling and logistics for Startbase must be INSANE.

Wonderful coverage again, Mary and NSF!

[dailyrandomjokes]

Ahhh… Star Base Texas, the only place where you can see a taco truck and a next generation rocket engine in the same place.

[spaceboy]

Thanks Mary an jack for this amazing coverage!

[ImranSahir]

NSF: [Unable to conclude what is it]
Proceeds to call it "New Structure".

Lovely work as always 💝

[DouglasJMark]

Hope I live to see the day we see amazing scenes like this on Mars. Thank-you Mary and NasaSpaceFlight.

[richardjanuary]

Robots can do tricks but Mary is THE photographer around B-Chica. Mary rules.

[ironhead]

14:27 Great shot of the Vertical Turbine Pump 🙌 missed the other installations. Would love a zoom shot of the Pump data plate, I’ve seen the motors just missing the pump data. Thank you Mary 👍

[Anamnesia]

1:00 *_MAGNIFICENT_* !!!

I often skip through the Sunrise openings, but this one was _very_ "2001" - _Dawn of Mankind_ sequence...

[tammymccaslin]

“Line boring a quick disconnect arm hinge”

I understand all those words individually...

[fuffoon]

Immediately apparent is the lack of billion dollar infrustructure, luxurious landscaping, and large administrative buildings that are part of most government operations.

[madhabpokharel]

I love how spacex do multiple things in a single time🙂

[LaptpMarc]

From the creators of w i d e p u t i n have finally brought to us the “w i d e b a y”

[miougoogle]

This video from Mary and NSF was groundbreaking ;D