SpaceX Static Fires Ship 29 in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight

SpaceX is testing Ship 29 on Suborbital Stand B. It is expected that Ship 29 will be part of the fourth integrated flight of Starship. An overpressure notice was delivered to residents.
The road is closed for testing to commence between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. local time. Ship 29 so far has conducted two cryogenic proof tests, as well as a Spin Prime test of all six engines, on March 11.

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[AerospaceHorizon]

Stream start - 2:19
LOx frost visible - 22:39
Engine Chill - 1:05:28
Water Deluge - 1:35:29
Static Fire! - 1:35:44
1st depress - 1:36:57
Replays of SF - 1:47:59

Off the rails: Spider on the cam! 😅 2:22:28

[zapfanzapfan]

Wow, SpaceX moves quick. Thanks for the company this evening NSF!

[mjomalleyfl]

Great stream. It seems more professional when the boss is present. Thank you for all the content.

[joaohenriqueneuhaus]

The tile loss doesn't worry me a tiny bit. No one can guarantee S29 went through the same process S28 went to prevent tile loss. Not only that, but now they'll have some time to make it even better than 28 was, well, it need to be after all.

[wizardofhoz]

❤️to the Berginator ❤️to👀!!! Thanks NSF!!! ❤️Mary!!!

[Erekose]

I miss James Burke, Raymond BAxter and Sir Patrick Moore with their Apollo coverage style coverage.

[blengi]

need some orbital tilebots to plug the gaps in space and an elevated 15 meter ring shape hydraulically depressible landing pad alongside OLM to catch underside of starship and slowly take up weight before chopsticks engage

[totallylegityoutubeperson]

Why not just put an ablative net on there to hold the tiles down? Take the mass hit and move on.

Or assemble a heat shield assembly in space. Lose the unnecessary mass at launch, apply in orbit. Perhaps an ablative netting can be unrolled then applied while in orbit from a depot.

Or just build a depot dispensing unit that has an inventory of tiles it can apply in orbit via a drone.

[alancoker]

Roll cintrol, tile adhesion, better reentry program

[timgooch]

Hope this test doe's well, let's see this Baby Fly!!

[terranaut]

Here in Yorkshire it’s illegal to put milk in first. That’s the only law on making a cuppa !

[zecontpro]

Dang if SpaceX ever wanna clean a place from dust they could just use starship

[oneman]

Do you think you could break the land speed record if you strapped a raptor to a truck ? Having a quick look at the figures a single Raptor V3 has 10x the thrust of the 2 RR Spey engines used to power Thrust SSC.

[IronMan-vbrf]

Is it possible to remove the dirt from underneath starship to see a clean firing lift off ? Dust is sooo 1969...

[ronaldlebeck]

I only saw one ignition, not two, and I didn't see any falling tiles where it was said.

[magras]

😂😂😂 1:07.29 what exactly was venting at that time? 😂😂

[jonmarquez]

1:35:40Me on the toilet seat after eating Taco Bell! 🔔 🌮 🔥

[KaiseruSoze]

every static fire there are lost tiles. The vibration of a static fire is nothing compared to renentry. I've been watching SpaceX since the first falcon 9 landings and this tile prob is a critical path item - a show stopper. Remember the Columbia?

When ship re-lites it will shake rattle and roll just like a static fire. If the tiles don't survive that re-light the ship won't survive re-entry. Getting into orbit there needs to be a mandatory tile inspection. A remotely piloted cam. Mandatory. What is NASA thinking?? I used to do contract work for NASA and they VERY detail oriented, total PIA stuff, now ... I'm not seeing it.

[WorldLove-fktl]

Space technology and sky sciences increase our horizons and knowledge. The size of space and the universe is surprising. This introduces us to the unique art and masterpieces of the Almighty Creator. Thank you.

[MrJPI]

Why did they fill the ship so full of LOX?