Martin Smith

And booster touchdown.

There will also ultimately be >100k V3/V4/V5 satellites for Starlink broadband and direct to cellphone connectivity. If growth continues, Starlink will one day carry the majority of Internet traffic. At that point, it is the Internet and everything else just connects to Starlink.

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

This is the same vantage point, captured with a MUCH better and IR-sensitive camera. It’s also available in print for a short time here: cosmicbackground.io/pages/against-…

Onboard views from Starship and Super Heavy V3, which are equipped with upgraded cameras capable of streaming 4K video through every phase of flight via @Starlink

STARSHIP FLIGHT 12 A side by side look at the the launch of Starship flight 11, the final launch on Pad 1 and Starship flight 12 the first launch of the new and improved pad, engines, and vehicles. @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase

We just wrapped what began as an 8-hour challenge - and it ran for 200 hours without a failure Shoutout to the team for the hardcore engineering behind F.03 and the robust Helix models powering it

@TylerG1998 Those waves!!!

GoPro vs. #Starship: Chapter 4, Part 2. 🔊🆙 The same story, but from a new perspective.

GoPro vs. #Starship: Chapter 4, Part 1. 🔊🆙 This was possibly the most visually stunning launch I’ve ever seen. Holy Toledo. Enjoy the thunder. @NASASpaceflight

Update linked here on Starship’s performance today. For these development missions the most critical thing is getting the data, and getting data on engine out performance as well as an awesome entry is a great outcome today. There were lots of things happening in Mission Control but Starship flew through them and had an awesome landing. Tons to learn from ship and booster. It’s great to be flying again and to show off this new rocket. Thanks to everyone at @SpaceX working tirelessly to bringing the future to life, it’s awesome working alongside you all.

Views of Starship in space from a @Starlink satellite

Today SpaceX launched ~45tons of Starlink mass simulators on Starship Flight 12, the highest payload tonnage to space since Saturn V's Skylab (77t) in 1973. This is a huge milestone for spaceflight and cannot be ignored, the future of space and this program is so bright!!

BREAKING: The FAA has not made a determination on whether a mishap investigation will be required following today's launch. A debris response area was activated and caused 6 departure delays, 5 airborne holding events, and no aircraft diversions. The agencies assessment is focusing on the anomaly observed with Booster 19, with no mention of Ship 39. @NASASpaceflight

Starship V3 takes flight for the first time → spacex.com/launches/stars…

I think we got to see the consequences of the lack of full blast shielding. Boostback probably would have gone fine minus one engine had this single engine, either E5 or E6, not had an energetic event and took out 16 of its neighboring engines.

Version 3 has arrived. Ship 39 and Booster 19 soaring against a clear blue sky after a thunderous liftoff from Pad 2, breaking their 7-month gap in flight cadence and ushering in a new era of Starship capabilities. 📸 - @NASASpaceflight LIVE NSF COVERAGE: youtube.com/live/UfQHy4mVc…

Propellant load is now underway

We go again. Excitement maintained.