Nick Banyard

Flight Day 4 I woke up early and watched the launch of Starlink Group 11-13 on YouTube. Shortly after, SpaceX contacted us and informed us that we would be flying over Mongolia during the second stage deorbit burn. We opened the cupola and tried to observe the event, but had no luck. Still, we all enjoyed the view as we flew from the Bay of Bengal all the way to the Arctic.

This stunning video of the @SpaceX Inspiration4 mission launch was made of multiple telescope tracking shots and composed in a neverending loop. [🎞️ MarsScientific]

View of the solar eclipse from a Starlink satellite on orbit

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The Polaris Dawn Dragon is headed to vacuum chamber testing! SpaceX teams celebrate Dragon's departure with @rookisaacman, @KiddPoteet, @Gillis_SarahE, and @annawmenon ahead of launching to orbit this summer

Four SpaceX rockets vertical on SpaceX's four launch pads in Florida, California, and Texas

Falcon 9 B1058 🫡🇺🇸🚀🪱 A portion of the record-setting Falcon 9 booster remains on board the Just Read the Instructions droneship. After its 19th launch and landing, the vehicle tipped over in rough seas during the transit back to Port Canaveral, and its top portion broke off. On May 30, 2020, B1058 launched Demo-2, the mission that returned orbital human spaceflight to the United States after the retirement of the space shuttle. It went on to fly hundreds of Starlink satellites and other payloads into orbit over its roughly 3.5-year flight history. It brought back the iconic NASA worm logo, and in the time since became a notable and sentimental booster for much of the spaceflight community. While its loss is disappointing, it’s worth remembering that it flew 18 more missions than every expendable rocket that’s ever flown, and the lessons learned from B1058 will contribute to further learnings about Falcon 9 and its recovery and reflight operations. Its 19 flights contributed to an incredible track record of over 250+ orbital class rocket landings, unparalleled by any other entity in the industry. Hopefully some of what remains can be put on display!

View from atop the tower at liftoff

Slow motion tracking shot of Super Heavy's 33 Raptor engines shortly after liftoff

I can't believe this is a real photo 📸: @SpaceX

Starship launches off the pad under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster

Starship liftoff through successful hot-stage separation

Tracking camera views of hot-staging separation

Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test → spacex.com/launches twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Vehicle is ready for the second test flight of a fully integrated Starship, pending regulatory approval

Starship and Super Heavy were loaded with more than 10 million pounds of propellant today in a flight-like rehearsal ahead of launch

Vented interstage and heat shield installed atop Booster 9. Starship and Super Heavy are being upgraded to use a separation method called hot-staging, where Starship’s second stage engines will ignite to push the ship away from the booster

NEWS: @UnpluggedTesla is now building Tesla Model Y Police vehicles. Its police car costs $91,990 (including $41,500 for upfitting) – making it ~$7k cheaper than a Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid. This doesn't include the rest $27k in fuel/maintenance savings over 5 years