Ship 24 Destacked from Booster 7 for Static Fire | SpaceX Boca Chica

Ship 24 was destacked from Booster 7 as SpaceX prepares for more static fire testing. Meanwhile, Ship 25 was removed from Suborbital Pad A and placed on a transport stand. Ship 25 has been undergoing cryo proof tests in the past week.

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

0:00 Sunrise at Starbase
0:16 SPMT Moves to Launch Site
0:55 Paint Work on Orbital Launch Mount
1:24 Work Near Booster and Ship Connection Points
1:54 OLM Platform Lowered
2:15 Platform Removed from OLM
2:35 Ship 24 Ahead of Cryo Test
2:50 Ship Quick Disconnect Attached to the Stack
3:05 Venting on Booster 7
3:26 Booster 7 Cryo Testing
4:43 Tank Farm Post Test
5:03 Depressurization of Ship 25
5:24 Ship 25 Moved to Transport Stand
7:23 Ship Quick Disconnect Retracted Ahead of Destacking
8:13 Depressurization of Ship 24
8:33 Ship 24 Destacked from Booster 7
10:01 GSE Tank Arrives from Florida Starship Site
10:16 Ship 25 Disconnected from Crane
10:36 Ship 25 Moved to High Bay

[NASASpaceflight]

Timestamps:
0:00 Sunrise at Starbase
0:16 SPMT Moves to Launch Site
0:55 Paint Work on Orbital Launch Mount
1:24 Work Near Booster and Ship Connection Points
1:54 OLM Platform Lowered
2:15 Platform Removed from OLM
2:35 Ship 24 Ahead of Cryo Test
2:50 Ship Quick Disconnect Attached to the Stack
3:05 Venting on Booster 7
3:26 Booster 7 Cryo Testing
4:43 Tank Farm Post Test
5:03 Depressurization of Ship 25
5:24 Ship 25 Moved to Transport Stand
7:23 Ship Quick Disconnect Retracted Ahead of Destacking
8:13 Depressurization of Ship 24
8:33 Ship 24 Destacked from Booster 7
10:01 GSE Tank Arrives from Florida Starship Site
10:16 Ship 25 Disconnected from Crane
10:36 Ship 25 Moved to High Bay

[Hippida]

I find it so fitting, in many of the shots, Starhopper is present as a reminder of just how far Starbase has come.
Excellent footage and edits NSF

[MrPhotodoc]

The scene of 24 on the transporter moving with the clouds behind is something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Terrific visual!

[hellfirestudios.]

Everything seems to be progressing nicely towards that static fire milestone! Separate cryo tests, S24 destacked and S25 cleared from danger. Bring on that flameage

[badrinair]

Thank you Nic, Chris and NSF team for sharing the footage with us. wonder what is next for the 7-24 ships. hopefully the first launch will be in dec.

[renehenckens]

Very cool to see that they're making the de-stack process smoother...you can see Ship being lowered, while it is still being rotated away horizontally from Booster

[Astromath]

Looking like preparations for a big static fire!🔥

[tankourito]

There's a lot of back and forth, but each time they do this they gain more experience to do it faster and more effectively next time. Soon the stacking/destacking won't even seem like a major thing anymore. Like each time a falcon 9 lands.

[jonfarrah]

Thanks NSF, your coverage always gives me a pocket rocket :)

[wolfe]

What always impresses me is the strength of steel, specially the weight onto those engines at liftoff, must be hundreds of tons of force pushing down into the engine brackets, blows my mind

[swissyodelbear]

some very nice scenic pics Chris, pinching, thank

[IMYOURWILL]

Who’s ready for some more test flights!!!!seems like it’s been ages since we seen one fly

[AdamJ]

Thank you for including a clip of them painting! I said to do that in chat a few days ago lol.

[Hykje]

As there are rocket engines your work as a painter never ends.

[alanc]

Kind of surprised they didn't just ride the SPMT's to the OLS since they don't have to worry about wide loads. Looking forward to seeing what is next in the testing campaign for B7 and S24. Thanks for the video guys.

[wyikzqr]

With the elimination of daily updates it would be nice to show a date for what we are viewing. Thx

[cauleentigner]

I'm always down for a static fire 🔥

[milires]

Did they ditch the QD clamp? I don’t see it anywhere

[hansderuiter]

Just a question. B7 and S24 undergoes rigorously testing. But they are maybe swapped out for B8 and/or S25, and all those testing is starting from scratch again. When will what fly to make their maiden voyage? If we wait until 2023 it will be B12 and S30. Where does it end? I know testing is very important, but do they have not enough data now? And painting the launch table legs? The next time they will be scorched again... Paint it at least black. It's only esthetic. What are you thinking?

[Snwar]

have you heared about the long march 9 beeing a fully expendable aluminium starship copy?