Zack Golden
@CSI_Starbase
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♦ Alias: #StageZeroZack ♦ Lead Investigator of #Starship Development ♦ Starbase Weekly Host w/ @RGVAerialPhotos ♦ Support us at https://t.co/0uyv8aa6cF
Denver, CO
Joined January 2010
POGO: The 63-Year-Old Problem Threatening Starship's Success [4K]
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Well damn! This thing is no joke lol.
Spotted a new large oversize load part coming down Hwy 4 today. Looks like either a quick disconnect hood for tower 2 or something for the static fire retrofit for tower 1.
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Wow. This appears to be one of the Booster QD hoods for Pad B? If so its ridiculously large lol. I hope @LabPadre caught a good shot of this entering the site
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Booster 18 stacking is obviously well underway but I imagine we should see a test article for a booster forward section soon. Structural qualification testing of this new design is probably be high on SpaceX priority list.
The first integrated hot stage section for the next generation version 3 super heavy boosters is visible in the Starfactory tonight. 7/16/25
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RT @VickiCocks15: Wow! Massive progress on the new BQD/SQD conversion over the last 24 hours. Once more, grateful thanks to @MarcusHouse an….
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RT @INiallAnderson: Steel pipes are now being installed to re-direct the propellant from the lines inside the BQD to the SQD ⛽️.📸: @NASASpa….
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We are live!!.
Starbase Weekly is live in 30 minutes! Link in the comments 👇. Photo taken on Friday:
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RT @RGVaerialphotos: Starbase Weekly is live on Saturday (tomorrow morning) at 12pm central!. Photo from Friday flyover: .
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Preparations for Ship 37 Static Fire continue!. More frame work to support Ship QD hoses has been installed on top of the Booster QD. 🎥: @NASASpaceflight
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I think Gigabay construction is now in 24 hour operations territory.
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Interesting they didn’t mention anything about a secondary function as a LOX header tank here. 🤔.
Installing the redesigned fuel transfer tube into the first next generation Super Heavy booster. Roughly the same size as the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, the new transfer tube is responsible for channeling cryogenic fuel from Super Heavy's main tank to its 33 Raptor
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After several weeks of ground preparation, SpaceX has finally begun drilling the first of several hundred CFA piles which will support the foundation of the Gigabay. 🎥: @LabPadre
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RT @StarshipGazer: A current view of progress on the Starship transport stand being modified into a pad 1 launch mount ship static fire ada….
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Booster 18's Landing tank/transfer tube assembly being lifted into the vertical position for installation. This might be the one and only time we are able to see this. 🎥: @LabPadre
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WOW! An absolutely MASSIVE transfer tube has rolled out of the Starfactory. This is the first time we have seen this component for the V3 booster. The amount of changes on the V3 booster is insane. Its is a completely different vehicle with very little resemblance to its
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What was initially thought to be legs for the ring stand are most likely brackets for mounting RVac bracing as mentioned in this post. 👇🏾.
15. One modification needed for the transport stand would be these 6 posts used to mount stabilizer brackets for the RVac nozzles. (RVac brackets are piled up on the platform in this image.). Not sure if they have these lying around. and if they do they may need to save them
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We previously observed a few of the clamps being removed, but were unable to confirm if it was for typical refurbishment. Thanks to @RGVaerialphotos we can now confirm they have all been removed. Its now pretty clear that the Ship Ring Wall Stand will be integrated onto the
Thankfully, with the addition of these legs, it no longer appears that the launch mount adapter for the ship will be integrated with the hold down clamps 🙌🏾. These should make the footprint wide enough to attach it to the top of the deck. 📸: @lifeatstagezero
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Possible recreation of the events that let to ship 36 anomaly. Great to see signs of investigating the failures.
The @NASASpaceflight McGregor Live cameras noticed an "observation" today, as what looked like part of a tank was launched into the air leaving behind a large cloud of gas. As with most of these tests we do not know if this was intentional test or not.
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Wow!!!! I’ve never seen this happen before. The amount of force it takes to cause this to happen is insane. I will never forget the feeling
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