Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Photos of the Day: Musk's Mega-Moon Rocket Is About to be Whole Again in Texas...

Starship SN20 is hoisted into the air and is about to be re-mated to Super Heavy Booster 4 (B4) at Starbase, Texas...on February 9, 2022.
Elon Musk

Over the past hour or so, Starship Serial No. 20 (SN20) was slowly hoisted into the air at Starbase, Texas...as the prototype spacecraft will soon be re-mated to her Super Heavy Booster 4 (B4) rocket.

This processing milestone is made possible through two newly-installed arms (nicknamed the 'Mechazilla Chopsticks') attached to the Orbital Launch Tower that will be used to place or remove Starship Super Heavy rockets from the Orbital Launch Table at the pad.

It remains to be seen when the Federal Aviation Administration will grant SpaceX permission to launch Starship Super Heavy on its much-anticipated orbital test flight. But one thing's for sure, just seeing SN20 and BN4 about to become one again gives us our latest glimpse of what's in store for space exploration...crewed and otherwise.

Stay tuned.

Video monitors show Starship SN20 as she is hoisted into the air in preparation for her re-mate to Super Heavy B4 at Starbase, Texas...on February 9, 2022.
Elon Musk

An aerial shot of Starship SN20 as she is hoisted into the air in preparation for her re-mate to Super Heavy B4 at Starbase, Texas...on February 9, 2022.
Elon Musk

Posted by Richard Par at 9:39 PM
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