Flight Five Full Stack Gets Frosty During Partial Tanking Test | SpaceX Boca Chica

Ship 30 was stacked atop Booster 12 and SpaceX conducted a partial tanking test of the full stack. Meanwhile, Ship 34's nosecone was moved back into the Starfactory from the High Bay and potential Orbital Launch Mount parts were delivered.

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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 Hot Staging Ring Installed on B12
0:26 Press Plate Removed From Ship 30
0:36 LR 11000 Crane Rotated
0:50 Ship 30 in the Chopsticks
1:13 Ship 30 Stacked on Booster 12
2:38 Timelapsed Replay
2:56 Ship QD Connected to Ship 30
3:11 Ship QD Retraction Test
3:24 Dancefloor Removed From OLM
3:37 DSS Test
4:03 Ship 30 Flap Testing
5:19 Booster 12 Grid Fin Testing
5:57 Partial Tanking Test
7:28 Stack Detanked
8:50 Starfactory/Office Building
9:41 Barrel Stiffeners Lifted
10:03 Barrel Stands Moved by Starfactory
10:28 Stands Unloaded
10:52 Ship 31 in the High Bay
11:02 Ship 34 Moved to Transport Stand
11:52 The Parking Garage
12:12 Test Tank B14.1
12:22 SPMT Passing By
12:38 Dancefloor Returns to the OLM
12:48 The Launch Site
13:37 Ring on a Truck
13:50 B4 Aft Section Hooked to Crane
14:17 Possible OLM Part Arrives

[TroyRubert]

Jacks's Das impression is getting better and better.

[johnburr]

I really enjoy these Starbase Summaries. The visuals are awesome by themselves, but the narration adds just the right amount of immersion.

[MKJ]

14:57 YES, please! Hexagon OLM would be the coolest thing ever!

[bideford]

Thanks Das for upping the updates along with Jack & Alysia

[tomsheridan]

Four hours of random conversation is one of my favorite things about NSF!

[exilim]

Love the commentary and your humour, please continue this. I could listen all day !

[fredpryde]

i like your robot description of the quick disconnect lol some really great shots there thank you for bringing this to us

[JaenosJelantru]

4:00 look at all that industrial waste falling from the OLM!

[WilboBaggins-dmub]

I really like these presentations; a delightful NSF iteration.

[MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks John (DAS) awesome Update!!! Thank you NSF!

[Constant_Distant_Instant]

They are continuously improving the manufacturing process of the ship, which is why this specific model appears significantly better than the earlier iterations!

[tmg]

Had to laugh at the philosophical diversions as well as getting into the SPMT weeds. Das you have a way of making it informational AND fun.

[joncarney]

I absolutely love the concise and entertaining commentating the fast paced video documentation. Thanks, and well done!

[JaneGrimshaw-kpvn]

Thank you as always . Happy belated Birthday 🎉

[MyNameisRahl]

Das, according to Mammoet's website: "Self-Propelled Modular Transporters consist of modules with 4, 5, 6, and 8 axle lines. Load capacity differs per version, with a maximum of up to 44 tons per axle line. Each module can be fitted with its own engine and control (steering) system. The modules can be connected side-by-side and/or head-to-tail, to form large ‘platforms on wheels."

[GrahamHolton-btcx]

Happy Birthday, great commentary again, i really enjoyed it.

[Randall_Genistrovia]

This thing gonna be wild when it launches, this is gonna be epic eitherway. Either it's gonna crash into the ocean spectacularly, or clutch the sickest landing ever done by a spacecraft. The footage will hopefully steller for both!

[JBCycling]

Happy birthday Das! We need some kind of KSP nerdery in these videos.

[OhShiitakeMushrooms]

SpaceX is clearly ready, but the FAA wants to play games. By the time late November comes around SpaceX could easily have 3 to 4 additional ships ready to go. ridiculous that we very easily could’ve had at least four starship launches this year, but we will be lucky to have just 3. the FAA keeps holding all of us back. At this rate Artemis III won’t happen til 2031.

[eddiewhite]

Thanks NSF, great work as usual.
Happy birthday Das for last week 🎉