Finally! Elon Musk Just Revealed What Exactly Happened On 1st Starship Catching Attempt...

Finally! Elon Musk Just Revealed What Exactly Happened On 1st Starship Catching Attempt...
===
00:00: Intro
00:45: The first successful catching attempt
07:11: Crew-8 return delay
===
#greatspacex #elonmusk #spacex #nasa #starship
==
===
SpaceX Starship SN
Be the first to sponsor us Thank you.
Our video content is referenced by video sources at these sites:
HUGE THANKS TO:
===
Finally! Elon Musk Just Revealed What Exactly Happened On 1st Starship Catching Attempt...
Oh my god.
For the first time ever—unprecedented!
This is truly history in the making for the aerospace industry.
By overcoming countless technological challenges, SpaceX has taken its first monumental step toward full rocket reusability. That incredible achievement? Catching Super Heavy with the Mechazilla Arm.
This moment marks the realization of Elon Musk’s vision.
So how did SpaceX accomplish this? How will this breakthrough shape the future of the company and the Starship project? And how did Elon Musk react to seeing his vision become reality?
Let’s dive into all of this on today’s episode of Great SpaceX.
Finally! Elon Musk Just Revealed What Exactly Happened On 1st Starship Catching Attempt...
After much anticipation, Flight 5 officially lifted off at the beautiful dawn of Boca Chica beach.
At 7:25 a.m. CDT, after fuel loading and water deluge activation, Starship Flight 5 took off with its usual impressive thrust. The ascent was smooth with no engine failures, a crucial factor since the Raptor engines are vital for navigation and landing.
At T+00:02:40, Starship separated from Super Heavy B12 using the hot staging system, and B12 began its descent after reaching 96 kilometers in altitude.
Finally! Elon Musk Just Revealed What Exactly Happened On 1st Starship Catching Attempt...
The descent process was fast, with B12 experiencing rapid decompression. At T+00:06:07, a new camera angle provided a great view of the Booster’s fast descent, still traveling over 3,200 kilometers per hour at 15 kilometers altitude.
As it neared the landing, the engines glowed red, and at T+00:06:30, the inner and middle ring engines activated, slowing the Booster down from over 1,200 kilometers per hour. By T+00:06:37, only three inner engines were working as it approached the tower.

----
To be resolved, thank you.

[hemetsonshine]

Thank you Elon Musk for dreaming big and working to make your dream reality. Go Team SpaceX! You space nerds make us proud!

[genebohannon]

I have no friends that seem to think this is cooler than alcohol or sportsball so I watched in amazement alone with a few million other space nerds. Any form of advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

[danlysk]

Did anyone notice it landed exactly perfect on the landing pins also! Mind blown! Bravo SpaceX

[qbanlink]

Several notable difference between flight 4 & 5.
1. Slightly slower less aggressive takeoff but did you notice "no ripples" in the ocean this time.
2. 100% booster performance on both vehicles and smoother on/off processes
3. Hot staging separation was flawless
4. Upgraded tiles and overall far more robust vehicle in this iteration of Starship
5. Did they just catch a 10 story rocket booster with a mechanized tower? yes, yes they did.
6. After nailing the landing in the assigned zone, "i believe" they blew up the ship on purpose since they had no plans on recovery.

Awesome damn flight, amazing work. Great engineering in pushing human progress forward.

[RobertPruitt-ym]

At this point, SpaceX has become a real life science fiction movie.🍿

[RayBrunacini]

Great day for mankind. Thank you SpaceX.

[spyder]

This was amazing. Congratulations Elon and co.

[richardsmith]

The sheer great luck at being able to examine the booster without any additional damage from water or explosion is worth millions of dollars!

[jackwilbur]

Blue origin is thinking, ,,Damn,,,what can I sue them for now. Lol

[myname-pqcl]

America finally has some Heros and leaders.

[tazerface]

I called in to work today to watch the livestream. Worth it. Most incredible thing I ever saw

[jps]

Congratulations to SpaceX, what a show that was!

[sfkeating]

As a 4-year-old, I remember watching the moon landing in 1969. Today, it is one of my earliest clear memories. All the (Literally) decades since then, I became deflated by the American space program, because it so obviously no longer dared to push the boundaries of daring exploration.
today, I watched the Starship complete a total package of successes, the climax of which was the return, and successful "catch" of the booster, by the Mechzilla Chop Sticks! In 1969, I was too young to appreciate the gravity and triumph of what was done. At 59, I had goosebumps and tears flowing, because I now know, the daring and courage and engineering prowess is fully back, in humanity's quest for a future, instead of a nostalgic past.
At the end of such a magnificent journey, short as it was, Spock would say to all those who labored for this victory-- "Live Long and Prosper."

[mukamuka]

Falcon 9 reduced cost of orbiting from $10, 000/kg to $1, 000. Startship will reduces cost from $1, 000 to $100. That's how significant it is.

[fw]

I’m really happy for Elon. You just know this is a great day for him.

[jeremydeck]

Game over for Boeing and Blue Origin…..

[DanBurgaud]

ONCE there were failures after failures . . . . THEN SUCCESS!
One step at a time. WIN!

[D-GAF-Space-]

SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 Was, The Most Incredible Thing I Have Ever Seen.

[jessec]

Yea gotta give a shout out to the engineers and iron workers on that tower/chopsticks/pin point accuracy!!! If saw the arms barely budged when it caught it!!💪 so strong!!!

[MrNoucfeanor]

Thunderf00t had a hardcore cope session this morning.