Starship Launch Pad Damage Inspections | SpaceX Boca Chica

After Booster 12's departure, SpaceX began inspecting Pad A to ensure it is good to go before beginning the Starship Flight 6 launch and catch campaign. Also, Ship 31's tile work is nearly complete at the Production Site.

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✂️ Edited by Thomas (@_thomashayden).

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

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Timestamps:
0:00 Chopsticks and Carriage
0:27 Ship 31 in the High Bay
0:38 Starfactory/Office Building
1:02 The Orbital Launch Site
1:12 Orbital Pad A
1:30 The Chopsticks
2:08 Booster QD
2:20 Piping on the OLM
2:43 Scaffolding Lifted to the OLM
3:03 Ship QD Arm
3:33 Deluge Tank Farm
3:43 Work at Pad B
4:13 Bird Looking for a Snack
4:23 Ship QD Arm Assembled
5:05 Ship 31 Tile Work
6:09 Pipe Delivery
6:16 Work Continues on the OLM
6:36 Booster Transport Stand
6:51 Ship QD Arm Construction
7:12 The Orbital Launch Mount
7:33 The Chopsticks
7:43 Chopstick Pad Damage
8:51 Ship QD Arm
9:11 Alignment Pins Reinstalled
9:36 CC 8800-1 Part Leaving
9:53 Chopsticks Opened
10:05 Sunrise in Boca Chica
10:23 Chopstick Carriage
10:35 Ship QD Arm
10:51 Chopstick Cable Chain
11:12 Two Subcoolers
12:30 Orbital Pad A
13:17 Tower Base Painted
13:30 Work on the Chopsticks
13:57 Hose Lifted to the OLM
14:16 Ship 31 Tile Work
14:52 “Test Tank 16” Moved
15:13 Moonrise Behind Starhopper

[James_]

4:23 Lucky you, I'm very good at identifying birds.




Yup, that's a bird alright

[michaelf]

My dad was a NASA engineer in the 60s, responsible for design of the equivalent QD arms for the Saturn V. Cool to see the modern iteration.

[palehorse]

That last shot with Starhopper was gorgeous. Thanks for the updates, team!

[badrinair]

Thank you Mary Jack and the entire NSF team for sharing these amazing regular updates. There is great amount of progress going on and I cannot wait for the next integration test flight number 6 to take off

[ferdi]

Would not give up Das's commentary for anything.
Makes these videos come to life

[ragaloft]

“… clouds….. like very, moist sheep.” John Galloway folks, he’ll be here all week.😂😂❤

[MrKellymcilrath]

Thank you DAS, & NSF for another awesome Starbase Boca Chica Update!!!!

[joshuawiggins]

another great one in the bag always a pleasure to hang with you Das, idk about you but I'm still in disbelief about the catch wild but so cool tower and everything looks really good ready to slap another one on a fly

[iwayini]

Great update. Last shot was amazing. Good ol Hopper.

[marekpietrak]

Super cool to see the 2 Audio track options on your videos! best of both world. I personally like to listen to Das but It is nice to see you accommodate both options. Keep up the great updates!

[dancingdog]

They may fool with the flap root seal, but the real burn-through fix is V2 Starship, moving the root leeward so it's not directly in the flow.

[corrinastanley]

Thanks NSF team, loving that work continues on the OLM's is plural now.

[gabrielgolding]

I love how clean Star Hopper looks now that they’ve taken all of the instruments off of it.

[chiphappened]

@NASASpaceflight “I came for the News. Stayed for the dazzling humorous quips” 😉
Really enjoy/ appreciate your hard work to get latest news! Fold this is stuff you don’t see anywhere else ☮️🇺🇸🚀

[GimmeAll-up]

that final starhopper shot is clean af

[BenjySparky]

John and NSF, y'all rock! ❤ Peace

[xavermaier]

And now say with me:






"Work continues on the OLM!"

[Larrycarr]

Hello John, , I’m Larry that chain that holds all the cables and hoses is called a drag link chain..

[patpozzuto]

Welders use a small wire brush to clean the "slag" that forms during welding.

[VAXHeadroom]

8:35 "The tower moves less than the drone ships" ?!? HOPEFULLY!! 😆