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The CRS-23 Dragon capsule recently returned from the ISS and SpaceX posted a picture of
it on Twitter.
They captioned it with “Dragon reenters Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down
off the coast of Florida – completing the fifth reentry of a Dragon spacecraft this
year.”
SpaceX posted another Tweet related to Inspiration4.
They said “The Inspiration4 crew returned to SpaceX this week to share their experiences
from training through their multi-day flight around Earth.”
Thought I would share this Tweet from Michael Sheetz regarding the Blue Origin court case.
It says “Amazon statement to CNBC: ‘SpaceX has a long track record of suing the U.S.
government ... It is difficult to reconcile that historical record with their recent position
on others filing similar actions.’”
Musk responded to that with “SpaceX has sued to be *allowed* to compete, BO is suing
to stop competition.”
Julia Bergeron posted a Tweet about a recovery vessel that is no longer a part of the SpaceX
fleet.
She said “SpaceX Fleet veteran GO Quest has departed Port Canaveral for the final
time.
This ship and her crew were a part of the east coast fleet since rockets were first
landed at sea.”
Michael Sheetz posted a Tweet saying “Hans Koenigsmann – after nearly two decades at
SpaceX – has left the company, which hosted a send off party for him yesterday.”
Heading over to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the launch site with orbital work continuing.
Work on the orbital launch mount has also been continuing.
Work on the chopstick catching arms for the launch tower is continuing too.
This structure behind the Mid Bay continues to be worked on.
Here’s a view of loads of stairs being built at the propellant production site.
Eric Berger posted a Tweet saying “The FAA says it has extended the public comment period
for the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Launch Vehicle Program at Boca Chica to November
1.
The virtual hearings have been moved to October 18 and October 20, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. CT.”
Some Raptor engines were seen delivered to Boca Chica.
Here’s a view of the tile damage caused by the header tank vent on Ship 20.
On Thursday, SpaceX performed cryogenic proof testing of Starship 20.
LabPadre posted a Tweet after the cryogenic proof test as the Starship 20 vehicle was
detanking.
Musk responded and confirmed that the “Proof was good!”
The thrust rams have been removed from the test mount with a static fire up next for
Ship 20.
Looking at the road and beach closures for further testing, they have a few days this
coming week in which to hopefully expect testing.
You can see that there is a closure for Thursday, October 7th, Friday 8th and Monday 11th.
SpaceX have now installed a forward flap on the Ship 21 nosecone.
Crews have been continuing to prepare Super Heavy Booster 4 for testing.
This upper stack, probably for Booster 5 was spotted outside.
Here’s a view of Booster 5 in the High Bay as they stack the pieces.
B5 grid fins were also spotted waiting to be installed.
I want to share an interesting Tweet posted by Brendan Lewis regarding the Super Heavy
Booster 5 prototype.
He said “B5 was lowered presumably over this new tank in the High bay.
We think this will hold the LOX for the boost back & landing burn, serving a similar purpose
to the header tanks in the ship.”
To finish up today’s video, as always, we have the latest Starbase production diagram
thanks to Brendan Lewis.
As always, I have to say thanks to Mary, or BocaChicaGal for being out in Boca Chica filming
the Starbase content.
Also, thanks to Nic Ansuini for some of the footage in this video too.
Then, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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