B7.1 Survives Immense Torture Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica

The B7.1 test tank underwent further testing, the Suborbital Pad Booster Adaptor was dismantled, and construction of the Starfactory continued.

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

0:00 - Sunrise
0:30 - The Orbital Launch Site
0:46 - Ship 24
1:15 - The Chopsticks Block and Carriage
1:30 - The QD Arm
1:46 - B7.1 Prepared for Testing
3:36 - B7.1 Testing
5:17 - The Production Site
5:32 - Raptor Engines at the Production Site
5:50 - Suborbital Pad Booster Adaptor Disassembled
7:11 - Starfactory Construction
7:44 - Tank Outside the Starfactory
8:11 - The Rocket Garden
8:33 - Storage Area, Scrapyard, and Mega Bay
9:10 - The Rocket Garden
9:22 - Steel Ring Moved

[brianwatkins]

The cloud footage at the beginning was fantastic, even by this channel's high standards!

[NASASpaceflight]

Some no Daily Vids of interest these past couple of days:


0:00 Sunrise
0:35 OLS
1:56 B7.1 Preps
3:40 B7.1 Will you pop? Nope.
5:20 Production Site
7:10 Starfactory
8:05 Rocket Garden etc.

[JohnSmith-euql]

Marys shots were great in this vid! The editor was very creative, Keep moving forward!

[timmcgrath]

Mary gets the absolute best sunrises and sunsets.

[telfordguyuk]

I love watching Venus rise in the morning at Boca. ❤ 💥

[badrinair]

THank you Mary and NSF team for sharing this wonderful footage with us. wondering what the new white tank is for now . LOoks like they are clearing out the pad with old test stands to save them from the fury of 33 raptors. Definitely the mega bay is getting floor space uptop, why else would they pour concrete. Really hope that the space agency ISRO from my native country learns a thing or two from the spaceX progress and methods .

[churchdiscography]

I just wanna get some coffee and doughnuts and watch the sunrise with BocaChicaGal.

[Hykje]

They should open a restaurant on the top of the mega bay and call it "The Orbital Lunch Site".

[ThatsDave]

Love the pause during the sunrise part...

[TheOicyu]

8:45 - The theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey should be playing during this part of the video as the camera moves up.

[noli-timere-crede-tantum]

9:32 Texas cowboy dude be like: "That's how you lasso a rocket!"

[edwardrosier]

It looks like there are rails for overhead cranes in each bay of the factory. Just imagine how much work they will be able to do at once.

[MarcAus]

At this stage, knowing what a starship looks like fully tiled, if it was being named now Orca would be appropriate. But I will lovingly refer to the beast as the space whale.

[michaelcoelhojr]

Why is everyone so impressed by this?....I survive these kinds of gas pressures almost daily and no one is impressed when I vent my pressure and survive!

[paulloveless]

The birds at the beginning are sounding their support lol!

[nicholaslupo]

I require the number of atmospheric pressures that 7.1 endeared.. heelp!

[srinivasvellore]

I thought 7.1 was tested to failure on can crusher. They should have repaired and tested yesterday!!!

[captaindaedalus]

Was that worker actually using a glue-gun on the skirt of B7.1? "We don't need no stinkin' tie-downs."

[franklinbarrett]

At 06:16 and 06:29 the guy in the red shirt was vaping. Inquiring minds want to know.

[scoobedoo]

What is SpaceX testing when 7.1 is hooked up? Thanks.