SpaceX breaks silence on flight 3 anomaly after 3 months James web space telescope's new
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welcome back today we have a crucial update from SpaceX about the flight 3 anomaly and the
upgrades for flight 4 this is an official update and I'll be covering all the details so don't skip
any part of this video if you're a Starship fan it's important to pay close attention on March
14th 2024 Space X achieved significant Milestone as the Starship super heavy successfully lifted
off from Starbase Texas at 8:25 a.m. the launch marked a crucial step forward for the program as
all 33 Raptor engines on the super heavy booster roared to life and completed a full duration burn
during Ascent this achievement was followed by a successful hot stage separation making it the
second time the Super heavy booster the world's most powerful launch vehicle had accomplished this
feat as the Starship and super heavy separated the six second stage Raptor engines sprang into
action powering the vehicle to its expected trajectory and becoming the first Starship to
complete its full duration Ascent bur however the mission was not without its challenges during the
Boost back burn which is designed to propel the super heavy booster towards its intended Landing
location 13 of the vehicle's 33 Raptor engines were commanded to start up while all 13 engines
ran successfully initially six engines shut down prematurely triggering a benine early boost back
shutdown despite this setback the super heavy booster continued its descent and attempted its
Landing burn which commands the same 13 engines used during boost back to slow down the rocket
before a soft touchdown in the water however the six engines that shut down early in the Boost
back burn were disabled from attempt The Landing burn startup leaving only seven engines to try
and start up with only two successfully reaching mainstage ignition the booster experienced lower
than expected Landing burn thrust and contact was lost at approximately 462 m in altitude
over the Gulf of Mexico just under 7 minutes into the mission an investigation into the early boost
back burn shutdown revealed that the most likely root cause was continued filter blockage in the
liquid oxygen supply to the engines leading to a loss of Inlet pressure in the engine oxygen turbo
pumps to address this issue SpaceX implemented Hardware changes ahead of flight 3 which allowed
the booster to progress to its first ever Landing burn attempt furthermore super heavy boosters for
flight four and Beyond will receive additional Hardware inside oxygen tanks to further improve
propellant filtration capabilities in addition to the challenges faced by the super heavy
booster the Starship also experienced some issues during its Coast phase the vehicle accomplished
several of the flight Test's additional objectives including the first ever test of its payload door
in space and a successful propellant transfer demonstration however several minutes after
entering its Coast phase the Starship began losing the ability to control its attitude causing it to
deviate from its planned trajectory despite this the vehicle continued lying its nominal trajectory
but the loss of attitude control resulted in an automatic command to skip its planned on orbit
relight of a single Raptor engine the Starship went on to experience its first ever re-entry
from space providing valuable data on Heating and vehicle control during Hypersonic re-entry however
the lack of attitude control resulted in an off nominal entry with the ship experiencing much
larger than anticipated heating on both protected and and unprotected areas highdef live views of
entry and a considerable amount of telemetry were successfully transmitted in real time
by starlink terminals operating on Starship the flight Test's conclusion came when Telemetry was
lost at approximately 65 km in altitude roughly 49 minutes into the mission the investigation into
the unplanned role revealed that the most likely root cause was clogging of the valves responsible
for roll control to add address this issue SpaceX has added additional role control thrusters on
upcoming Starships to improve attitude control redundancy and upgraded hardware for improved
resilience to blockage following the flight test SpaceX led the investigation efforts with
oversight from the FAA and participation from NASA and the NTSB the investigation found that neither
vehicle's automated flight safety system was triggered and no vehicle debris impacted outside
of predefined Hazard areas pending FAA finding of no Public Safety impact a license modification
for the next flight can be issued without formal closure of the mishap investigation the lessons
learned from the third flight of Starship will be crucial in the development of future
missions upgrades derived from the flight test will debut on the next launch from Starbase on
flight 4 as the focus shifts from achieving orbit to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse
Starship and super heavy the team has incorporated numerous hardware and software improvements
including operational changes such as the jettison of the super heavy hot stage adapter following
boost back to reduced booster mass for the Final Phase of flight the third flight of Starship
provided a glimpse into a rapidly reusable future and the team is continuing to rapidly develop
Starship putting flight Hardware in a flight environment to learn as quickly as possible
the ultimate goal is to build a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew
and cargo to Earth orbit the Moon Mars and Beyond that's all about spacex's official
update if you want to read this complete info I will attach a direct link to the website in the
description box just a quick update I have done a detailed video on upcoming Starliner launch
you know NASA and Boeing are launching it without fixing the helium leak yes you heard it right as
I told you at the beginning since we are facing some issues with YouTube's recommendation system
I think most of you may have missed that video so make sure to watch that video after this I
will put the link either in the comment box or at the top right corner astronomers have
made a historic breakthrough using the James web Space Telescope Joe wst uncovering three of the
universe's earliest galaxies in their formative stages dating back to a mere 400 to 600 million
years after the big bang these ancient galaxies resembling fuzzy red smudges are actively forming
and feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen over millions of years these elements will sustain and
shape these galaxies into the familiar elliptical and spiral structures we observe across the cosmos
according to study lead author Casper Elm heints an astrophysicist at the cosmic Dawn Center Dawn
in Denmark these are the first direct images of Galaxy formation that we've ever seen while James
web has previously shown us early galaxies at later stages of evolution here we witness
their very birth and thus the construction of the first star systems in the universe the universe
underwent a period of Darkness around 400,000 years after the big bang when space cooled enough
for neutral hydrogen atoms to form creating an opaque Prim cordial fog this fog lifted about
1 billion years after the big bang when light from the first generation of stars flooded the universe
Recent research has revealed that dwarf galaxies formed during the first few hundred million years
of the universe played a crucial role in driving this fog relieving process study co-author DK
Watson notes this is the process that we see the beginning of in our observations these galaxies
are like sparkling Islands in a a sea of otherwise neutral opaque gas Heins adds we're witnessing the
birth of the first star systems in the universe the jst's powerful infrared eye has captured
how light from the three observed galaxies was absorbed by large dense reservoirs of neutral
hydrogen gas around them revealing gas Gathering into and feeding the galaxies themselves the
abundance of gas in the scene is so great that the galaxies haven't yet given birth to their first
Stars the formation of stars requires primordial gas to coales into extremely dense Pockets which
then Sparks the creation of Stellar bodies this process would have taken millions of years in
these galaxies astronomers still grapple with understanding how gas is distributed
between the centers of galaxies housing super massive black holes and their outskirts future
observations may solve this puzzle and reveal if these Galaxy gas reservoirs are entirely composed
of primordial hydrogen or already contain heavier elements study co-author Gabriel Brammer of dawn
emphasizes it is a process that will investigate further until hopefully we are able to fit even
more pieces of the puzzle together he notes that this discovery demonstrates that jwst is
exceeding its primary Mission goals images and data of these distant galaxies were impossible
to obtain before web plus we had a good sense of what we were going to find when we first glimpsed
the data we were almost making discoveries by I this discovery marks a significant milestone in
our understanding of the universe's early stages and the JW's capabilities are Paving the way for
further exploration and Revelation thanks for watching today's episode don't forget to
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