Full Rundown: SpaceX Starship IFT3 - New Info

Starship’s third launch is scheduled for this week! We have new info! Can this one make it to reentry? Starliner delayed… again.! And Blue Origin wraps up first stage testing of New Glenn!

#SpaceX #starship #elonmusk #starbase

Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Eryk Gawron, Oskar Wrobel, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Astro Roadie
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

Credit:

⭐SpaceX
⭐NASA
⭐VirtualSpace_3D on X: @Lolomatico3d
⭐The Ring Watchers on X: @RingWatchers

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[Whataboutit]

Do you believe Ship 28 will successfully make it to reentry, or is there a specific aspect you deem most likely to fail?

[WizardKingCorey]

You missed a very important point, it's Texas SPRING BREAK, where thousands and thousands of people are at South Padre Island! It's a huge deal to have younger college students watch the rocket launch.

[chrismichelsmusic]

You are one of the most reliable space reporters on the tube. Thanks for keeping the information flowing and all the hype to a minimum!

[philliprisgaard]

The fact that SpaceX got about 2 billion and have now sent 7 Nasa crew mission’s to the ISS not including Axiom, and Boeing got 4 billion and haven’t even launched humans yet is truly emberassing

[pauljcampbell]

Thanks for all the updates. I really appreciate all your hard work!

[advertisercommerce]

Fingers, toes, arms, legs are all crossed in hope that it launches and is 100% success! WOO HOO!!!

[Chimp_]

It's just me, but I find it extremely hard to get excited about anything involving Jeff Bezos.

[jaybryant]

I’m sooo geeked for this launch. Felix you rock too

[christopherruggles]

Watching starship is relaxing I can't wait to see the chop sticks catch the booster hopefully this year.

[delmorejr]

The SpaceX Starship Team has got this, Positive Thoughts equal Positive Outcome. Go SpaceX/Go Starship. 👍👍

[johndean]

Every launch no matter the outcome. Is one more step towards the Final Goal. Good luck to Space X and a Big Thank you to the Team and Elon for having the Balls to attempt this.

[TheAwesomeArcane]

I think IFT-3 will be completely successful

[joshuacrider]

I can’t wait for the launch cadence of starship to ramp up. I really want to go to Texas and watch one in person

[scott]

Seven months between 420 Rocknado/IFT 1 and Hot staging/IFT 2. Four months between IFT 2 and IFT 3/🥧day. If SpaceX can continue to improve their launch rate, at their current pace, we'll see IFT4 by mid May. Good Luck!! 🤘🖖

[colinbarnard]

Hi Felix and Team. A couple of points: first, it's Sunita Williams, aka 'Suni'(Sunny), Sunita is pronounced sue-NEE-ta, not 'sue-NAA-ta. Ms. Williams, prior to her becoming Chris Ferguson (if you ever want to find out the 'dirt' behind 'Starliner', just ask Cdr Ferguson....under oath, cuz I think Boeing put a contractually-obligated gag order on the poor guy). Prior to being assigned the unenvible task of going up in a potential lemon, she took part in ISS Expeditions 14 & 15 and Expeditions 32 & 33. She's participated in 7 EVA's and served as ISS Commander on Expedition 33. Notably, she 'ran' the Boston Marathon on Expedittioni 15. She was seperated at birth from RUSH's Geddy Lee.
Captain Williams has flown on both the shuttle and Soyuz. Starliner will be her third crew vehicle to fly. As much as I mistrust and dislike Boeing (I won't fly any Boeing airplane, for obvious reasons. It's Airbus and Beriev for me!) I wish Captain Williams and Spacecraft Commander Butch Wilmore all the best safe luck. Any crewed spaceflight is something to celebrate, regardless of country of origin, and spacecraft type.
As a recommendation from a Canadian sitting on a (frozen) cheep seat, I'd suggest to the US State Department, and NASA, that they consider inducting Russian cosmonauts and Chinese taikonauts into the Astronaut Hall of Fame at KSC. Such a move would really impress both the Russian and Chinese populations, without any intercession from the Russian or PRC governments.
No, 'Let's dive right in', today? Regardless, your enthusiasm is palpable. As for 'predicting' what happens on Thursday, there's no way I could opine on the subject without extensive disclosure from SpaceX engineers. Since the company is privately owned, getting SpaceX to divulge trade secrets isn't going to happen, especially with China trying to replicate SpaceX's tech with what I imagine is a serious amount of industrial espionage.

[JimBoIndy]

All would be Groovy, if SpaceX had a launch license from the FAA! 😊

[norphilhomestead]

Already watched launch 1 an 2. Now I'm ready for the 3rd from Norway. I am already ignited. Hit it Starship and SpaceX.

[rocroc]

My understanding is that not all of the P213 tape was removed but only the tape that was "feasible" to remove was removed. The tape that was not removed was the tape located in difficult to reach places that would have required a complete dismantling of the Starliner. It was decided that that was too expensive and time consuming to do so NASA and the manufacturers decided it was within safe operating limits. I have no idea whether the remaining tape is safe or not but I do know that history repeats itself; especially if you don't learn from it. If this flight or ensuing flights by this capsule should fail because of tape, then the entire NASA management team will have to be held responsible and terminated and Boeing removed from any further contract considerations. It will result in years of delay in the space program and most importantly the possible death of space travelers.

[Qwarzz]

Starliner delayed? What a shock. Maybe it will still fly before crewed Dream Chaser.
Altho since the delay is about the ISS schedules maybe it will actually go as planned now.

[l]

As a scaffold builder that is not a couple hours of work 😂 maybe the lunch deck but definitely not the disconnect arm