I think we should try to catch the booster with the mechazilla arms next flight!
Congratulations and a huge thank you to our extraordinary @SpaceX team! Successful Super Heavy launch and landing, “orbital” ship (that’s one tough cookie!) entry, engine relight and splashdown. I hope you enjoyed the views, the music and see you back soon for our next flight!
Here I stand as I bare witness to the feats of man.https://shop.nasaspaceflight.com/products/flight-4-lets-go
Starship ascends into the heavens. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX teams on a very successful launch. 🔥🚀🔥@NASASpaceflight
Starship Flight 4 Liftoff in Slow Motion.@NASASpaceflight
Starship’s fourth flight test launched with ambitious goals, attempting to go farther than any previous test before and begin demonstrating capabilities central to return and reuse of Starship and Super Heavy. The payload for this test was the data.Starship delivered →
JUNE 6, 2024STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TESTStarship’s fourth flight test launched with ambitious goals, attempting to go farther than any previous test before and begin demonstrating capabilities central to return and reuse of Starship and Super Heavy. The payload for this test was the data.Starship delivered.On June 6, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at 7:50 a.m. CT from Starbase in Texas and went on to deliver maximum excitement:The Super Heavy booster lifted off successfully and completed a full-duration ascent burn.Starship executed another successful hot-stage separation, powering down all but three of Super Heavy’s Raptor engines and successfully igniting the six second stage Raptor engines before separating the vehicles.Following separation, the Super Heavy booster successfully completed its flip maneuver, boostback burn to send it towards the splashdown zone, and jettison of the hot-stage adapter.The booster’s flight ended with a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico seven minutes and 24 seconds into the flight.Starship's six second stage Raptor engines successfully powered the vehicle to space and placed it on the planned trajectory for coast.Starship made a controlled reentry, successfully making it through the phases of peak heating and max aerodynamic pressure and demonstrating the ability to control the vehicle using its flaps while descending through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.Starlink on Starship once again enabled real-time telemetry and live high-definition video throughout every phase of entry, with external cameras providing views all the way to the flight’s conclusion.Flight 4 ended with Starship igniting its three center Raptor engines and executing the first flip maneuver and landing burn since our suborbital campaign, followed by a soft splashdown of the ship in the Indian Ocean one hour and six minutes after launch.The fourth flight of Starship made major strides to bring us closer to a rapidly reusable future. Its accomplishments will provide data to drive improvements as we continue rapidly developing Starship into a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an inspired fourth flight test of Starship! And thank you to our customers, Cameron County, spaceflight fans, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement.
Starship made a controlled reentry, successfully making it through the phases of peak heating and max aerodynamic pressure and demonstrating the ability to control the vehicle using its flaps while descending through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds
#Starship cleared the tower in all of its raptor glory! Incredible view from a mile away!!📸 by me for @SpaceflightNow Congrats to the #SpaceX team on an epic launch. @elonmusk
Starship rises at the dawn of a new day. 📸 me for @SpaceflightNow
IFT-4 Starship Engine Shutdown Tracked From Florida!
Jun 6, 2024Huge shout out to flightclub.io for providing the trajectory prediction used to guide the telescope and allow it to capture this amazing shot as Starship successfully completed its second stage burn during the launch! And special thanks to @RedsRhetoric for giving me the audible play by play as I operated the telescope!
Following the lift-off and splashdown of the Super Heavy booster, the GO America ship set sail south. The ship is about 65km downrange
The GO America is still working in the downrange area from Starbase
Starship reentering like a meteor
Starship separates from booster
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1798846199635869945QuoteNot a difficult prediction! We will have this nailed for next flight.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1798848426895200567QuoteNote, a newer version of Starship has the forward flaps shifted leeward. This will help improve reliability, ease of manufacturing and payload to orbit.
Not a difficult prediction! We will have this nailed for next flight.
Note, a newer version of Starship has the forward flaps shifted leeward. This will help improve reliability, ease of manufacturing and payload to orbit.
@GoPro do we finally get photo of the day? @SpaceX #ift4
.@SpaceX's Starship is expected to become one of the lunar landing vehicles in an international lunar exploration endeavour. A success in Starship's qualification is a success for humanity! Congrats to all the teams involved.
Starship Flight 4 from 1300 feet away. I could watch the pressure waves dance across the playa over and over (and I have). @NASASpaceflight
