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Starship Development Thread May 2025

Techno the music genre? What in this comic suggests otherwise?

LOL, Moominmamma still has an apron full of fruit!

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1918138225031561728

Deployment of 28 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Starbase activities (2025-05-01):

• Apr 30th cryo delivery tally.
• Apr 30th addendum: S35 performs a short-duration single-engine static fire at Massey’s. (NSF, NSF livestream, LabPadre, ViX, SpaceX)
• Build site: S38 forward dome section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
• Starfactory window demolition continues. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Launch site: Wall demolition continues. (ViX)
• Drilling equipment is delivered. (ViX)
• The Buckner LR11000 crane is raised, following recent reconfiguration. (ViX)
• Spray nozzle on Tower A is tested. (ViX)
• 2-hour road delays are posted for May 2nd between 12:00 and 16:30 and between May 3rd 16:00 and May 4th 05:00 for transport from Massey’s to factory.
• Massey’s: Afternoon Massey’s PA system announcement for S35 hot fire. (NSF)
• Tank farm spools up, LOX load, detank. (ViX 1, NSF, ViX 2, ViX 3, NSF livestream)
• Later in the evening, S35 performs a 30-second six-engine static fire at Massey’s. (NSF livestream, NSF 1, Starship Gazer, Evans)
• A extra flashes and fire are visible around the time of shutdown.

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Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: M-vac shutdown.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

SpaceX and NSF are live.

Booster confirmed as B1094 by Max Evans.

Starbase activities (2025-04-30):

• Apr 29th cryo delivery tally.
• Quiet day. No new road closures or delays posted.
• Massey’s: S35 cryo test, but no static fire. (ViX)
• S35 is still at Massey’s. (Starship Gazer 1)
• Other: Launch mount B hold-down clamp thoughts and animation teaser from Ryan Hansen Space.

!ComicsStrips@sh.itjust.works

I know these are probably both characters from the same show/movie, but my mind immediately went to Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation and… Bert the Muppet.

There was a very popular Pierre back in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. He even became prime minister a few times.

Tardar Sauce!

“No uppies!”

Damn, this sucks for Firefly. I was hoping that they had worked past the early issues with Alpha and could start building up a streak of successful launches.

!lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com is leaking…

What’s the big white trampoline looking thing?

Perhaps some sort of sunshade for the terrace seating area?

Thanks for posting. I’ve left a couple comments.