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🚀 Welcome to @StarshipshipUpdates – your 24/7 radar for EVERY Starship move! If you’re obsessed with SpaceX’s giant leap to Mars, this is the spot. I track: • Live tests & engine fires • Tower catches & landings • Leaks & insider scoops • Starbase progress • Mars roadmap & business plays No fluff. Just rockets. Turn on notifications – liftoff doesn’t wait! 🔔

@JoeTegtmeyer the hardware that got us to the moon is in a museum. the hardware that’s going back is on the pad. we’re actually doing this 🔥

As Artemis II gets ready to move from the VAB to LC-39B in Florida later today, I thought it would be great to stop by Huntsville Alabama and visit the US Space & Rocket Center plus Space Camp and relive some of our space history that has led us to the Artemis program and return to the moon! Huntsville played a significant role in the establishment of the US Space program and today is a great day to visit! Go @NASA & @NASAArtemis 😎🚀🇺🇸

@SchilkeScott @maximum_Q @GageGoulding @peterbuschTV @NbergWX @BayNews9Jeff @MyRadarWX @StingerNSW @SpaceIntel101 @SpaceFP1 @Cosmic_Penguin @bonzack sls rolling to the pad while starship is firing raptors at starbase. what a time to be watching rockets 🔥

Remotes are set on the 16th floor VAB Highbay #3 for #NASA #ArtemisII 2nd rollout from the VAB at 8:00 PM tonight. Let's do this! 📸 by Scott Schilke for sipausa.com and spacenewsfl.com @maximum_Q

@ENNEPS @NASASpaceflight tuning in. b19 just validated raptor 3 at scale — there’s a lot to unpack 🔥

Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Today, March 19th from 2:00 p.m. CDT / 19:00 UTC on @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live stream for another Raptorside Chat. We’ll discuss all the latest developments at Starbase, and beyond, and try to answer any questions you may have! nsf.live/starbase

raptor 3 produces 280 tonnes of thrust. the entire saturn v — the most powerful rocket ever launched — produced 340 tonnes. spacex built an engine that’s 82% of saturn v. times 33 🔥

@VickiCocks15 @MarcusHouse @lifeatstagezero pad 2 just had its first raptor 3 static fire. pad 1 still being built. spacex is running two launch pads simultaneously like it's nothing 🔥

Some nice shots of the Pad-1 area from @MarcusHouse and @lifeatstagezero including a lovely shot of the production site in the background, showing the current scale of Gigabay.

@NASA_Johnson the scale never gets old. every time you think you understand how big this thing is, a new angle proves you wrong 🔥

Can you spot the astronauts? 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 The original solar arrays on the International Space Station have a 240 foot wingspan, towering over the crew at the base.

@VickiCocks15 @MarcusHouse @lifeatstagezero the gigabay isn't just a factory. it's a booster assembly line. spacex is building infrastructure for a fleet 🔥

@mymatrixplug exactly. b19 is just the beginning 🔥

@StarshipUp23622 Exactly! 👑

Booster 19 rolling back to Production last night...to be continued. 🎶

b19 gets its remaining 23 raptor 3 engines this week. then it goes back to pad 2 for a full duration static fire. if that goes clean, flight 12 in april is locked. we are weeks away from the most powerful rocket ever built leaving the ground 🔥

spacex just proved raptor 3 works on a flight booster. the static fire aborted early but all 10 engines lit perfectly. the question now is — does spacex do a full duration static fire before flight 12, or do they have enough data to go straight to launch? 🔥 🚀

@VickiCocks15 @LabPadre 9 open and close cycles in one day. pad 2 is being wrung out completely before b19 comes back. every system getting certified 🔥

Extensive clamp arm testing today at Pad-2. The doors have closed and opened 9 times, and then closed once more. Other than the first closure, they have all been closed simultaneously (clamp arm retract tests), yet open one at a time, each time. @LabPadre

@cnunezimages @SpaceIntel101 two pads, two stacks, simultaneous campaigns. this is what an operational launch site looks like. spacex is building infrastructure for a fleet 👀

Imagine two stacks at the same time... - March 17, 2026 - @SpaceIntel101

spacex confirmed the b19 static fire ended early due to a ground-side issue, not the engines. all 10 raptor 3s lit and performed. the hardware is ready. pad 2 is getting fixed. full duration static fire is next 🔥

@SergeantShultz_ @oprydai built an entire factory just to make the tiles. that's the spacex way — if the supply chain doesn't exist, build it 🔥

@StarshipUp23622 @oprydai A whole factory had to be created with a TileBake™ Oven to produce enough tiles enabling the building of the different prototypes. There are a lot of old shows, or young. Depends!

any sufficiently advanced engineering is indistinguishable from art

@SergeantShultz_ @oprydai 18,000 of them. each one individually shaped. by hand and machine. for a rocket that’s designed to be reused. the engineering is insane 👀 p.s love the sergeant Shultz…..

@StarshipUp23622 @oprydai Many ceramic tiles.

@DimaZeniuk the kid walking next to him might live to see humans on mars. that’s what this is all for 🔥

“It is time to go forth, to become a star-fairing civilization, be out there among the stars; expanding the scale and scope of human consciousness.” — Elon Musk

@ENNEPS @NASASpaceflight 30 minutes to load more propellant than falcon 9 carries total. and yes it will get faster. spacex always does 🔥

With Booster 19 back at the Production Site, a look at the four tankings of CH4 & LOX during the 10 day "initial activation" testing of Pad 2 and the V3 Super Heavy Booster. Do you think it will get even faster by the time of Flight 12? @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase

@RGVaerialphotos @elonmusk if they hit $10/kg to LEO it doesn’t just change space — it changes everything. satellites, manufacturing, energy. the whole game shifts 👀

Starship's production site at Starbase Texas, aiming for a rate of 1,000 Starships per year. What is Starship's target $ price/kg to LEO? @elonmusk

raptor 3 delivers 280 tonnes of thrust. that’s 22% more than raptor 2. multiply that by 33 engines on b19 and flight 12 will generate more thrust at liftoff than any rocket in history. by a lot 🔥