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up to date with everything SpaceX.
We’re starting today’s video by taking a look at the launch of NROL-85 which lifted
off on Sunday.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Zero.
Ignition.
Liftoff of Falcon 9, go NROL-85.“] The booster which launched this mission, B1071, then landed
successfully for the 2nd time on the landing pad at LZ-4.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And as you see on your screen, the Falcon 9 first stage has successfully landed at our
landing zone, making this the second consecutive landing of this booster.”]
We also have another couple of launches coming up this week.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Starlink mission 4-14 is scheduled
to lift off tomorrow, Thursday 21st at 3:16pm UTC or 11:16am EDT.
As well as that launch, the launch of Crew-4 is expected to lift off on Saturday 23rd at
9:26am UTC or 5:26am EDT.
In preparation for the Crew-4 mission, SpaceX posted a Tweet with some great pictures of
the rocket and capsule rolling out.
SpaceX also posted a Tweet saying “Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete ahead of the
Crew-4 mission to the Space Station.”
In another Tweet, SpaceX posted some pictures of the astronauts that will be flying on this
Crew-4 mission.
Expected to return on Monday, the Axiom-1 mission return has been delayed as SpaceX
posted a Tweet about bad weather being the reason.
Axiom Space also posted a Tweet yesterday about the return of their astronauts.
They said “Due to unfavorable weather conditions, we are waving off tonight's undocking of the
Ax-1 mission from Space Station.
The integrated Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX teams are assessing the next best opportunity
for the return of Ax-1, the first all-private mission to the ISS.”
Musk posted a Tweet about SpaceX’s launch cadence.
He said “SpaceX Falcon team making great progress!
Aiming for 5 day launch cadence with many performance & refurbishment improvements.”
There’s a Teslarati article posted saying “In a new Request For Information quietly
released by NASA on April Fools’ Day, the space agency appears to have indirectly asked
SpaceX to determine the fate of its ‘Dragon XL’ lunar cargo spacecraft.”
There’s another Teslarati article that I want to share.
It says “The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published their
latest decadal survey of planetary science and astrobiology, revealing a recommendation
that NASA prioritize the development of a flagship mission to Uranus baselined to launch
on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.”
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site.
This new mystery structure was spotted delivered to the launch site.
The work to complete the new Wide Bay in the production yard is continuing.
Here’s a view of the new production tent being constructed in the yard.
StarshipGazer posted a great picture on Twitter of the first beams going up for the new production
building being dubbed Starfactory.
Later on, they also posted a further picture on Twitter with another beam that has been
put into position for Starfactory.
The work on this new building is progressing very rapidly.
This Raptor 2, engine number 42 was delivered to the yard.
The nosecone being constructed in the tent is being prepared for flap installation.
The umbilical to transfer propellant into Booster 7 was disconnected.
Booster 7 was then prepared to be lifted off of the structural test stand.
Booster 7 was then lifted off the structural test mount and onto the transport mount.
Super Heavy Booster 7 has now been rolled back to the production site.
The Booster 8 LOX section was lifted and stacked with an aft ring stack.
With Booster 7’s arrival, Booster 8 was moved out of the High Bay.
Booster 7 was then moved into the High Bay.
Work is now continuing on Booster 7 in the High Bay.
As always, I have to say thank you to Mary, otherwise known as BocaChicaGal for being
out there filming the Starbase content.
As well, thank you to Nic Ansuini for filming some of the Starbase content in this video
too.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other space content.
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