SpaceX Unveils Surprising New Starship Upgrade, and preps for Booster Catch!

As we count down to the launch of Starship Flight Test 5, it has been incredible watching all the pieces come together at Starbase. SpaceX Unveils Surprising New Starship Upgrade in the Starship Version 2 Downcomer design. We've also had them slap on a Mechazilla Decal onto the ship. I think they need a "Catch Me If You Can!?" decal on the booster for flight 5 too. What do you think? Of course we have one of the most exciting missions of this decade so far finally here with Polaris Dawn, and a brand new Falcon 9 booster in the Starlink Group 10-5 mission. A Blue Origin New Glen Delay? And What is going on with Starliner? We have a first ever as we witness the JUICE Moon and Earth flyby, and what on Earth happened with the Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) Anomaly. Yes indeed, I’ve got a lot to catch you up on with all that.

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[CartoonrBOY]

"A new booster? - Huh - I haven't seen one of those in a while" certainly is an incredible statement!

[jcoxdj]

I remember watching these videos when water tower companies were making these prototypes in the dirt. It’s great to see how far Spacex have come

[gbye]

Thanks for the updates Marcus. It's so refreshing to have a real human researching and narrating these updates, compared to AI drones. Keep it up.

[gewoonfrank]

By far the best SpaceX update YouTube channel.

[mr.partyinaboxxx]

These videos are always the start of my Saturdays and I appreciate all your hard work!

[onetrackstu]

Woke up in the hospital this morning after surgery. This was a welcomed surprise to get watch. Thanks again Marcus

[kamuroshow]

I am always surprised by the speed spacex is working. Just incredible.

[JeromyBranch]

I started watching Marcus back when he had just over 9000 subs. Now, even if I am one of the early birds on Saturday mornings, there are already 16, 000 views! So happy for you Marcus and great job this week as always. I can see SpaceX picking you up as a commentator or something.

[drproactive]

Totally love these updates, thanks so much Marcus. Waiting on pins and needles for #5 launch AND CATCH.

[jackalexandroff]

Your footage is always excellent. Thanks for another great video

[CartoonrBOY]

It's Marcus House day again! Lemme get a coffee sir for the highlight of my week - cheers guys!🤩

[sagasus]

Those JUICE manouvers represent real deep understanding and calculations of orbital mechanics. I just hope it will still work as expected when it arrives in 2031.

[kybkhaotic]

I just love how you get straight to the point and the passion behind your work is visible.

I love this corner of the internet ❤❤

[Lesani]

Thanks for the videos, and keeping it good and calm. I used to watch WAI but he started to way overdo it trying to be a comedian next to reporting on the news, you on the other hand are continuing with professional good reporting! Thank you very much!

[jblob]

The shift from "we only want brand new boosters" to "we want flight proven boosters" is such a massive shift in manned spaceflight

[PeterKocic]

Those struts on the crane is not the pistons doing the lifting, that's done by winch wire in the back extenders, one winch for hoisting the traveling block and most likely one winch to drive the extenders for booming up/down the jib and tower base. No part of the SWL is dictated by the strut piston, it's more likely part of the unfolding of the crane during deployment and that's it.

[Heathaze]

Best SpaceX information on Youtube! Look forward to this every Saturday Marcus.

[tylerfb]

Your segues between subjects are simply flawless. Extremely natural; I hardly know we've switched subjects and are now talking about subscribing and/or hearing about your sponsor. I know you've spent time on them, so I wanted to acknowledge your work!

[cyclesingsleep]

Thank you, thank you, Marcus - efficient and chipper, as always 😃

[cipedead]

WOW what a week. Thank you so much MH. You are the first to cover so much of the Space NEWS. Like Polaris Dawn (so amazing) & Blue Oregon a lot of fake NEWS about that one.
What a time to be alive.