Starship | Fourth Flight Test

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  • Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
  • 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.
    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 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.
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  • @bryanwilson8652
    @bryanwilson8652 22 дні тому +7616

    Starship makes me realize that I’m finally living in the future that my child self thought I’d never live to see.

    • @solastorm7
      @solastorm7 22 дні тому +154

      yeah camera tech is top notch these days

    • @leerypixel
      @leerypixel 22 дні тому +11

      pretty cool

    • @jimurrata6785
      @jimurrata6785 22 дні тому +175

      @@bryanwilson8652 My great grandmother was born in 1880.
      No electricity, no indoor plumbing, no automobiles.
      She lived in the age of sailing ships, and got to witness electrification, the atomic bomb, supersonic flight and man walk on the moon.
      (I think she's got you beat 😉)

    • @user-ty6ln1zy4o
      @user-ty6ln1zy4o 22 дні тому +4

      👍👍👍

    • @Victorious416
      @Victorious416 22 дні тому +9

      SpaceX and AI

  • @Trajectory_Aerospace
    @Trajectory_Aerospace 22 дні тому +2006

    The outercovering chipping away during re-entry was amazing visually

    • @FerrisSOCAL
      @FerrisSOCAL 21 день тому +79

      Those little wings held in there and were still actuating. Someone earned a fat bonus check!

    • @Rmm1722
      @Rmm1722 21 день тому +2

      Yeah ❤🎉

    • @danny.belanger
      @danny.belanger 21 день тому +6

      Did it explode or not land I am not getting it

    • @thomashiggins9320
      @thomashiggins9320 21 день тому +81

      @@danny.belanger Despite the damage sustained during re-entry, Starship still managed a controlled landing and continued to send data right up until splash-down in the Pacific.
      SpaceX still has a lot of work to do, but this flight test went *a lot* further than the last one, and accomplished so much more.

    • @wvh-pups
      @wvh-pups 21 день тому +12

      @@FerrisSOCALwell they seem small, they are actually 3,5 meters tall!

  • @RtB68
    @RtB68 21 день тому +798

    Must admit when I saw the plasma burn-through on the stabiliser fins I thought it was all over. The fact it made it all the way back is a great achievement. Starship is a beast.

    • @Kennerad0
      @Kennerad0 21 день тому +28

      Apparently elon said on the internal cams from inside the cargo bay they could see the steel GLOWING, insane!

    • @imarchello
      @imarchello 19 днів тому +1

      Nailbiting, you could say.

    • @Republic3D
      @Republic3D 19 днів тому +3

      Yup. But it still worked! Amazingly.

    • @aufoslab
      @aufoslab 18 днів тому +1

      i have simulated the mars landing in my last video, its funny.

    • @WwZa7
      @WwZa7 17 днів тому +2

      We had "It's so over" like 5 times through the flight, and that thing was still going!

  • @stephenmead8183
    @stephenmead8183 21 день тому +1284

    I am 74 years old ,75 this year. I have been alive ever since the early experimental tests from the equipment recovered by the USA military under operation paperclip. Popular mechanics covered many of the early space technology, the dreams and futuristic views. But NOW with SpaceX in the space technology. But OMG how things have advance so far and so quickly, it is so brilliant. I just love it. Every day it is like a new era has arrived. More more. Cheers from New Zealand. 👍👍👍🍻🍻

    • @MsHojat
      @MsHojat 21 день тому +7

      Haven't even made a trip to the moon nor any sort of equivalent despite much better tech. Hasn't been saving any money in launches either as Musk has claimed. Also SpaceX is extremely behind schedule from Musk's claims.

    • @johnbass66
      @johnbass66 21 день тому +28

      @@MsHojat I don't know where you got your info, but Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy are the cheapest launch vehicles (in terms of $/kg of payload) and the next best alternative is more than double the cost.

    • @MrGchiasson
      @MrGchiasson 20 днів тому +17

      Just turned 70. Still have my scrap books from the Gemini & Apollo program...thru the 1960's. SpaceX is what we were hoping for...independent company who would revolutionize a space program...fast, dependable, adventurous...not bogged down by NASA's bureaucracy. Spacex can do in weeks what it would take NASA years to accomplish. Fantastic.

    • @klauslun
      @klauslun 20 днів тому

      @@johnbass66 I don't agree with him on the rest of the stuff he said, but it is true that SpaceX might be dumping their prices, between Musk's money + the money they get from US military satellites they can afford to do it to win the market. Currently Falcon 9 is not exactly fully reusable, as they have to refurbish it for it to be ready for another launch, and SpaceX hasn't disclosed anything about the cost that implies.

    • @netrox1345
      @netrox1345 20 днів тому +13

      @@MsHojat Keep smoking bro just like pleople who said that landing rockets let alone reuse them multiple times it was impossible? Yeah right good luck with that little troll. Im not wasting my time arguing

  • @moodmusicytc
    @moodmusicytc 22 дні тому +2716

    The end gave me chills 😮

    • @bloxxiq
      @bloxxiq 22 дні тому +31

      You probably have a cold then

    • @LDacic
      @LDacic 22 дні тому +74

      @@bloxxiq aren't you the soul of every party!

    • @routybouty
      @routybouty 22 дні тому +5

      Same!

    • @holographicman
      @holographicman 22 дні тому +7

      Me too, [insert rocket chill joke]

    • @NimbleBard48
      @NimbleBard48 22 дні тому +15

      No way they will attempt landing at the platform this early!
      If they do, that's extremely confident and bold...

  • @unusualkmc
    @unusualkmc 21 день тому +818

    This was one of the greatest livestreams ever made.
    The Texas landscape, the microphones in the launchpad, the cameras in the air and even in different States following the rocket from the ground, the signal cutout and waiting anxiously to see if the rocket was OK, the demonstration of the Starlink streaming capabilities on re-entry, the animations to explain what the rocket was doing and why, and the re-entry itself (something humans have never seen before), creating one of the most spectacular light shows ever created by man. And the drama at the end with the flap and camera breaking.
    SpaceX makes every livestream a movie.

    • @digzrow8745
      @digzrow8745 21 день тому +8

      Cinema

    • @DarkNightDreamer
      @DarkNightDreamer 21 день тому +12

      Agreed. I will never get tired of seeing the rolling clouds of nitrogen going across the landscape like at 0:03 Also just seeing the shockwaves rushing out across the water and through the clouds is awe inspiring. I remember going to KSC and seeing the Saturn V on display thinking that we will never see a rocket this big and powerful fly again.. fast forward to today and we have this beast that has more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V.

    • @xray279er9
      @xray279er9 21 день тому

      An action adventure movie

    • @zoltypan2137
      @zoltypan2137 21 день тому +1

      but only on Twitter 😢

    • @quentindewiest5169
      @quentindewiest5169 21 день тому +6

      Where did it livestream then?? Wasn't on UA-cam.... And if it was on Twitter, I don't have Twitter. They would get more views here.

  • @EthelJung-j5w
    @EthelJung-j5w 21 день тому +555

    Hate it when media says it was a failure... it was a success test! Good job people!

    • @Verrisin
      @Verrisin 21 день тому +60

      I no longer hate anything media says. Just like I do not bother with what some drunkard screams about. ^^

    • @ilyaholt8607
      @ilyaholt8607 21 день тому +65

      For this flight I didn't see any media calling it a failure. It's at least a partial success by all metrics.

    • @MsHojat
      @MsHojat 21 день тому +12

      If the definition of success is "it was tested" then that totally throws away the point of the term "success". It's the most successful launch to date, but considering the amount of time that has passed, number of tests performed, and total costs this is not good overall. Musk made many statements about SpaceX's capabilities/roadmap and has been egregiously wrong about many important ones such as timeframes and cost.

    • @Hzwo1990
      @Hzwo1990 21 день тому +22

      ​​@@MsHojatyou highly miss the point by understanding that anyone said that success means now "it is tested".
      Nobody ever said that and the term "success" is not to be debated about at all. So you basically are having a conversation with your own.

    • @michaelwojczik3740
      @michaelwojczik3740 21 день тому +7

      but this time there was almost no reports about a failure, but i understand what you mean. The previous flights where heavily described like that

  • @stephenholmgren405
    @stephenholmgren405 11 днів тому +28

    Real life is quickly becoming the prologue to a scf-fi movie, this is an amazing time to be alive!

  • @officer728k5
    @officer728k5 22 дні тому +228

    The shot from the top of the booster going through the clouds. Insane im speechless

  • @patrickc9726
    @patrickc9726 22 дні тому +1481

    Wish these launches were still streamed on UA-cam! Still great to watch nonetheless

    • @satya5655
      @satya5655 22 дні тому +70

      You can watch every launch live on UA-cam. Channel: The Launch Pad

    • @SireSmitty
      @SireSmitty 22 дні тому

      Watch on everyday astronaut or Nasaspaceflight

    • @cuppajoe2
      @cuppajoe2 22 дні тому +103

      @@satya5655 Yeah but then I gotta deal with the launch pads BS commentary\

    • @floppi7098
      @floppi7098 22 дні тому +74

      @@satya5655yeah or everyday astronaut

    • @SyedIrtiza1
      @SyedIrtiza1 22 дні тому +147

      seriously, It was great when spacex was streaming launches on UA-cam.

  • @terranscope
    @terranscope 21 день тому +88

    Seeing all those people, "nerds" and all.. jumping and shouting and smiling with all the excitement.. is always the highlight for me.. Love you guys..Keep pushing us into the future.

    • @rpdx3
      @rpdx3 18 днів тому

      NERDS!! 🤬👹😈😼😻

    • @KiRiTO72987
      @KiRiTO72987 15 днів тому +2

      All i see is a lot od hard working spaceX employees being excited to see the fruits of their Labor even though starships are built in boca id bet a lot of the people over their in Hawthorne out a lot of work into the paperwork and design kf this launch vehicle

  • @EthelJung-j5w
    @EthelJung-j5w 21 день тому +158

    Wished they showed more footage of the team like at the end. Its very high quality and clearly they filmed the whole thing.

    • @nKarje
      @nKarje 21 день тому +13

      Change your profile picture. We don't want to see sexualized content on a website where under 18's go.

    • @lillol3245
      @lillol3245 21 день тому +9

      @@nKarjeKaren, it‘s a bot.

    • @Xfacta12482
      @Xfacta12482 19 днів тому +2

      @@nKarje Actually insane if you think cleavage is even close to being the worst thing a kid is gonna come across on the internet today lmao

  • @CraziFuzzy
    @CraziFuzzy 21 день тому +305

    Nothing is more empowering in this video than those in the control room not even believing how successful it was - that indicates the sheer size of the leaps each flight are attempting.

    • @rochamoto
      @rochamoto 20 днів тому +2

      Mais e claro que eles acreditam no sucesso, o espanto e de ter realmente funcionado com eles queriam, ninguém faz algo grandiosamente espetacular sem acreditar.

    • @GabrielCarvv
      @GabrielCarvv 19 днів тому

      @@rochamoto Sim... mas ver o que você tanto sonhou finalmente tornar realidade é sempre incrível.

    • @SergeyPRKL
      @SergeyPRKL 19 днів тому +2

      For me, that looked ... staged.

    • @irsarda
      @irsarda 18 днів тому

      @@SergeyPRKLit cannot be staged. Elon himself was there and he dont do all this stupid stuff. The hardworking they did to get all this would make anyone happy for positive results. I just hope you are 25 plus and am talking to a matured person.

    • @CraziFuzzy
      @CraziFuzzy 17 днів тому

      @@rochamoto Sure - belief is an absolute thing - but watching the damage then seeing the result can still cause surprise.

  • @matthewgrundy1898
    @matthewgrundy1898 22 дні тому +714

    Great video! Can't wait for test 5

    • @Rmm1722
      @Rmm1722 21 день тому +1

      Excited ❤🎉

    • @disclaimer6872
      @disclaimer6872 21 день тому

      schedule date?

    • @danielflp
      @danielflp 21 день тому +5

      @@disclaimer6872 Late july said elon

    • @danielflp
      @danielflp 21 день тому +22

      If the flight 5 goes well, and they capture the booster, this can be historic. We trust in Elon and Space X team.

    • @sfguzmani
      @sfguzmani 21 день тому +4

      @@disclaimer6872 I guess August

  • @dedy4games146
    @dedy4games146 20 днів тому +12

    Watching the ship barely clinging to life was the craziest thing I've ever seen live

  • @chefprov
    @chefprov 19 днів тому +5

    I’ve watched this like 10 times ,,,, and the smile on my face won’t go away !!!!!!!

  • @mexicanbanjo9325
    @mexicanbanjo9325 22 дні тому +253

    Watching this as it happened in real time had me on the edge of my seat. Good luck on IFT-5!

    • @kevind1980
      @kevind1980 21 день тому +6

      Watching it right now again has me edging.

    • @Tresla
      @Tresla 21 день тому +5

      @@kevind1980 Edging together, we are

    • @sfguzmani
      @sfguzmani 21 день тому

      Same! I've following the Starship program since the beginning with Starhopper.

  • @AyaX601
    @AyaX601 22 дні тому +462

    This feels super advanced, Hats off to the SpaceX team!

    • @RedRyan
      @RedRyan 22 дні тому +37

      That's because it absolutely is

    • @savin9100
      @savin9100 22 дні тому +21

      It feels advanced because it is

    • @SpaceflightExplained
      @SpaceflightExplained 22 дні тому +28

      They don't call it the most advanced rocket for nothing

    • @BP-zc2om
      @BP-zc2om 21 день тому +12

      You're watching the future of space travel unfold

    • @Rmm1722
      @Rmm1722 21 день тому +4

      Yeah ❤🎉

  • @chrisolsen5280
    @chrisolsen5280 20 днів тому +7

    Hats of to whomever put this together!!! Some of the best 2.40 min EVER!!

  • @DarkNightDreamer
    @DarkNightDreamer 21 день тому +17

    I will never get tired of the view at 0:03 where you see the rolling vapor clouds covering the Texas landscape, and in the middle of it on its pedal stool is the largest most powerful rocket ever made. Its absolutely beautiful. The shockwaves racing across the land and out into the gulf of Mexico are absolutely stunning too. I REALLY wish SpaceX would stream on UA-cam again, or at the very least give us a 4k video feed on X!! :(

  • @zxk
    @zxk 21 день тому +165

    That moment were you start to see the fin moving through the broken glass is straight out of a movie.

    • @-108-
      @-108- 20 днів тому +7

      According to Elon, it was literally hanging on by a thread. Those hinges certainly were made right!

    • @Turbo_Tastic
      @Turbo_Tastic 20 днів тому +1

      yes a 1 star movie that I would stop watching and demand a refund

    • @randomaccessfemale
      @randomaccessfemale 19 днів тому +8

      @@Turbo_Tastic Don't even try.

    • @Turbo_Tastic
      @Turbo_Tastic 19 днів тому

      @@randomaccessfemale put potato Head

    • @akiravj
      @akiravj 19 днів тому

      @@Turbo_Tastic Ok looser go watb ny little pony or some bs you like. Bye

  • @cogoid
    @cogoid 22 дні тому +242

    2:21 The looks on the faces are priceless! After all the drama with the fin burning through, even the creators of the ship cannot believe that in the end it still splashed down softly.

    • @BULD0SIS
      @BULD0SIS 21 день тому +13

      not a single diversity hire in sight. just dedicated people that deserve to be there

    • @-108-
      @-108- 20 днів тому

      @@BULD0SIS HELL YEAH!!! Every. Last. One.
      I am so proud of each and every one of them!

    • @zamarokxl
      @zamarokxl 20 днів тому

      @@BULD0SIS How exactly would you know if its a diversity hire or not 🤨 don't be shy now its only youtube comments! be honest with yourself and everyone

    • @madhououinkyoma
      @madhououinkyoma 15 днів тому

      @@BULD0SIS Not sure how you would be able to tell who is a "diversity hire"...

  • @CuriousRedcoat
    @CuriousRedcoat 21 день тому +10

    2:02 the little flap that could

    • @GodzillaKing_1954
      @GodzillaKing_1954 20 днів тому +1

      Since when did everybody start using that name for that forward flap on Ship 29 that almost got incinerated and melted off!?!?!?!

    • @CuriousRedcoat
      @CuriousRedcoat 20 днів тому +2

      @@GodzillaKing_1954 Since the little flap that could could

  • @richardbates6311
    @richardbates6311 21 день тому +7

    Oh my. The ending showing the arms - next-up a catch? Chills all over.

  • @batatah
    @batatah 22 дні тому +174

    This feels surreal

  • @thedarkside13
    @thedarkside13 22 дні тому +357

    2:21 Seeing them happy makes me happy.🙂

  • @SuperS05
    @SuperS05 21 день тому +15

    2:12 i hadn't noticed the rotation perpendicular to the hinges before. That flap really was on it's final breath.

    • @xiphosura413
      @xiphosura413 17 днів тому

      I think that final extension during the landing burn (plus perhaps rotational as opposed to linear strain) might have overdone what remained of the hinge, it isn't present in this video but after it unfurls it jerks a couple times. Glad they didn't have to use full extension during descent or it could have well been twisted off!

    • @atlesifeyst2185
      @atlesifeyst2185 16 днів тому

      @@xiphosura413 when it tipped over the flap looked like it snapped out of place / broke off. made it through re-entry though lol

  • @maheshtamang6158
    @maheshtamang6158 18 днів тому +7

    1:47 The plasma burning makes the starship look like its going on warp speed!

  • @MaceFXE
    @MaceFXE 21 день тому +153

    I just love Jesse as a commentator. She's so passionate about her job. John Insprucker is my other favorite engineer gone commentator. Miss hearing his voice and enthusiasm on the "norminal" launches.

    • @MyName-tb9oz
      @MyName-tb9oz 21 день тому +22

      For me, John IS the voice of space launches at SpaceX.

    • @-108-
      @-108- 20 днів тому +5

      @@MyName-tb9oz Yeah, I hope they bring him back to the media production room for the next Starship flight... and beyond!!!

    • @Turbo_Tastic
      @Turbo_Tastic 20 днів тому +1

      everyone has to cheer like some high school pep rally, or else they get fired

    • @-108-
      @-108- 19 днів тому

      @@Turbo_Tastic Like N. Korea. lolol

    • @sluggo7
      @sluggo7 19 днів тому +3

      @@Turbo_Tastic I was cheering the whole time. No coercion required.

  • @clevergirl4457
    @clevergirl4457 22 дні тому +67

    The way every flight has been getting better and better is so satisfying to watch. I cannot wait for Flight 5!

    • @BlyatifulButter
      @BlyatifulButter 21 день тому +3

      You'll have to wait for a loooong time before you'll get to see flight 120...

    • @gamers-xh3uc
      @gamers-xh3uc 20 днів тому

      @@BlyatifulButter120?

    • @BlyatifulButter
      @BlyatifulButter 20 днів тому +2

      @@gamers-xh3uc it’s a factorial joke

  • @TCCTheDeveloper
    @TCCTheDeveloper 21 день тому +8

    I love the face of everyone at the end. What a WTF moment lol. Congratulations!

  • @2tvMerlin
    @2tvMerlin 21 день тому +4

    This just made me literally cry tears of joy

  • @ArmoZombie
    @ArmoZombie 22 дні тому +2203

    They did remember the password

    • @Cairo_666
      @Cairo_666 22 дні тому +52

      Lmao I’m not the only one

    • @Ionut-bg6vw
      @Ionut-bg6vw 22 дні тому +15

      They did

    • @JohnR31415
      @JohnR31415 22 дні тому +10

      Going to say this stream is a bit late

    • @AstroNoan
      @AstroNoan 22 дні тому +4

      I hopped all nights since IFT4 anybody at SpaceX remember this

    • @VirreaFr
      @VirreaFr 22 дні тому +8

      Just a teasing for launch #5

  • @cn8299
    @cn8299 22 дні тому +22

    The flight 5 teaser gives me chills.

    • @worldtoday9972
      @worldtoday9972 21 день тому

      remember spaceX renders always tend to be the real thing

  • @imkuat
    @imkuat 20 днів тому +26

    1:46 MY FAVORITE SHOT IN THE WHOLE EDIT!!!! The music. The vibe. The visually bright reentry. The callouts. DAMN!!

  • @jtluns9
    @jtluns9 18 днів тому +9

    The magnitude of this achievement has brought together and united both nerds and geeks alike

  • @Waterloopz
    @Waterloopz 21 день тому +37

    Probably the most spectacular re-entry footage ever captured.

    • @jackplouf2813
      @jackplouf2813 13 днів тому

      easy when it has little competition.

  • @paploo968
    @paploo968 22 дні тому +252

    That ending gave me chills

    • @VibinAvic
      @VibinAvic 22 дні тому +5

      Same!

    • @duran9664
      @duran9664 22 дні тому +4

      Who brought the idea to catch a rocket ?🤔
      It is just so psychedelic 😵‍💫

    • @arjundureja
      @arjundureja 22 дні тому +16

      @@duran9664 People said the same about landing a rocket 10 years ago :)

    • @VibinAvic
      @VibinAvic 21 день тому +5

      @@duran9664 Because you don't have to build a new rocket every time you launch it if you catch it. It's not psychedelic, its genius. Stop making fun of people

    • @YouTube_username.
      @YouTube_username. 21 день тому +3

      @@VibinAvic geniuses' love psychedelics

  • @simongeard4824
    @simongeard4824 21 день тому +4

    Well done, folks... you put on a great show. Looking forward to the next one.

  • @TIoerSoec
    @TIoerSoec 20 днів тому +10

    I have to admit that I believed it was over when I noticed the stabiliser fins' plasma burn-through. The achievement of it making it all the way back is very remarkable. The starship is a monster.

  • @astr0jack440
    @astr0jack440 22 дні тому +370

    Most incredible launch… EVER!

    • @Masterplumber81
      @Masterplumber81 22 дні тому +25

      Until the next one! ❤

    • @grumpyoldman6767
      @grumpyoldman6767 22 дні тому +6

      @@Masterplumber81
      Beat me to it!😂

    • @stclairstclair
      @stclairstclair 22 дні тому +4

      It was what is was, But the most incredible launch is still the Saturn-5 with all three stages launched at once "as they tested it"
      I'm still admiring the guys who had to figure out everything as they did it.

    • @Rmm1722
      @Rmm1722 21 день тому +3

      Yeah ❤🎉

    • @newsgetsold
      @newsgetsold 21 день тому +2

      ​@@stclairstclairBut this is bigger and more powerful and will ultimately make a Mars 🔴 base possible.

  • @AldenDoble
    @AldenDoble 22 дні тому +114

    Anyone else get absolute goosebumps at the end?? 😅

  • @PlanckPunk
    @PlanckPunk 18 днів тому +3

    The music and editing is EPIC.

  • @desmondstanley4372
    @desmondstanley4372 21 день тому +6

    This is what happens when you never take no for an answer. No one expected starship to actually pull that landing until it pulled that landing.

  • @gordonfreeman9965
    @gordonfreeman9965 21 день тому +230

    I've watched this launch with my grandfather at the age of 96 years old. Amazing how he could understand it. He passed away yesterday. I was watching the launch footage on the hospital, begging for him to miraculously survive like the ship at reentry. Miss you vô.

    • @ilikethenumber7934
      @ilikethenumber7934 21 день тому +8

      That's tragic, hope your doing okay

    • @silvio4845
      @silvio4845 21 день тому +18

      My condolences. may he find peace among the stars.

    • @10HDFLHX
      @10HDFLHX 21 день тому +15

      The amazing things he's witnessed in his 96 trips around the sun.. I hope we can continue to make this world a better place. Condolences on your loss..

    • @dmurray2978
      @dmurray2978 21 день тому +4

      There's always one comment about a deceased loved one, fishing for likes

    • @gordonfreeman9965
      @gordonfreeman9965 21 день тому

      @@dmurray2978 I hope you have the opportunity to have an experience like this. Maybe you'll understand, Unsentimental son of a b*tch

  • @bendobbing7015
    @bendobbing7015 22 дні тому +52

    If the booster catch is successful it'll be the biggest achievement in space flight since the first orbital booster was landed, Go SpaceX!

    • @WokerThanThou
      @WokerThanThou 22 дні тому +13

      It'll probably be more amazing than the first time they did a double self landing.

    • @adanedsstudio
      @adanedsstudio 21 день тому +3

      “Falcons have landed” quote will become a myth once this gets real.

  • @ignorantFid
    @ignorantFid 20 днів тому +2

    Heheh, I like how for flight 5 it fades out before it reaches the tower, as if to say "who knows what will happen"

  • @sergeant_salty
    @sergeant_salty 21 день тому +14

    Dropping this on Independence Day, what a W.
    You want American muscle? You got it right here

  • @jdholbrook33
    @jdholbrook33 22 дні тому +23

    Never get tired of watching Flight 4. The "little flap that could" was the star.
    Science fiction coming to life. Just like I always dreamed and hoped it would.

  • @xyzzyx7812
    @xyzzyx7812 22 дні тому +26

    I love the "Starship will return" vibe at the end :D

  • @SydneyEV
    @SydneyEV 21 день тому +1

    that booster landing was EPIC!

  • @noalear
    @noalear 18 днів тому +2

    That was more successful than anyone could have reasonably believed, in every single respect. 1- Literally everything did every single thing it was planned to do. 2- The heat shields failed the ship, but the ship proved the ability to take the astounding amount of damage 3- The damaged area, a mechanical section, continued to work regardless the entire way 4- The failure gave them the exact failure data they were looking for on this flight with more data than any engineer could ever hope for (they popped a couple tiles off the booster to see how it handles heat) 5- Those splashdowns are unbelievably rock-solid. 6- The world watched the whole thing live in HD inspiring so many people around the US.
    I'm an engineer that works on parts that go on satellites and seeing the work they're doing to get these parts up there has me wanting to play my part in this incredible future more than ever. It gives me hope that I don't see too often. Maybe we can unfuck things.

  • @dnxtbillgates
    @dnxtbillgates 22 дні тому +153

    I know X is your platform, but we all really miss the secondary audio channel and real-time visualization of the ground/orbit track. Please consider bringing that back!

    • @RosscoAW
      @RosscoAW 21 день тому +5

      Some of us miss when livestreams were performed on platforms actually designed for and capable of streaming them properly. sigh

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist 21 день тому +121

    What an amazing time to be alive, again.

  • @operatorismail6038
    @operatorismail6038 19 днів тому +4

    The real MVP is the flap.

  • @Multheman02
    @Multheman02 20 днів тому +2

    Incredible lift off! Only in the USA could this happen! Thank you!🇺🇸🇨🇦

  • @moonasha
    @moonasha 21 день тому +34

    love the control room reaction. They're as stunned as most of us were that it actually landed

    • @momsterzz
      @momsterzz 20 днів тому +1

      Which is a little disconcerting in itself

    • @fosstera
      @fosstera 20 днів тому +8

      ​@@momsterzzi dont think so. That flap burned through, and had its insides melted, idk anyone who thought it would survive that.

    • @alexstefan4442
      @alexstefan4442 20 днів тому +6

      @@momsterzz How so? This is a brand new vehicle of massive proportions, attempting something that no one has ever tried before and the thing had half a wing burned on reentry. Why wouldn't they be stunned that their ship performed so well under those conditions?

    • @kevinconrad7648
      @kevinconrad7648 19 днів тому

      @@momsterzz Not really. Anyone with common sense would have assumed the vehicle was too burned up at that point based on the flap.

  • @jumpsokker
    @jumpsokker 22 дні тому +28

    You served the human spaceflight well Flap of Flight 4 🫡

  • @PoppieCiulls220
    @PoppieCiulls220 21 день тому +2

    SpaceX is genius for putting these videos out. So cool to see people be excited for the future and space exploration.

  • @mrfashionguy1
    @mrfashionguy1 20 днів тому +1

    Dude in the Dog tshirt at the end, drenched armpits absolutely flabbergasted.

  • @Schwing27
    @Schwing27 22 дні тому +73

    What an amazing time to be alive in human history. Test 5 is going to be absolute insanity.

    • @johnwick5894
      @johnwick5894 20 днів тому

      This is out apollo

    • @Turbo_Tastic
      @Turbo_Tastic 20 днів тому

      this is just rocket engines on a tube right? I didn't watch the whole thing, but looks like the same tech that was "lost" back in the 60s, and the same tech that the Chinese had thousands of years ago, aka shooting propellent at high speed out of a nozzle.. whoopideedoo

    • @Schwing27
      @Schwing27 20 днів тому +1

      @@Turbo_Tastic Well it’s a bit more than that. Lol. It’s the largest object to ever fly. It’s going to be fully reusable. Both the starship and the booster will one day be able to come back and land, refuel, and then take off again. The booster will be CAUGHT in midair as it’s landing from 2 giants mech claws on the tower. That alone is absolutely insane to think about. And we get to watch all the development happen in realtime via the internet. (There’s 24/7 cameras at Starbase) It’s wild time to be alive indeed.
      I understand if space science isn’t your thing. Than ya, it may not be interesting to you.

    • @Turbo_Tastic
      @Turbo_Tastic 20 днів тому

      @@Schwing27 strawman. no science is my thing, modern science. all of what you describe is still just shooting particles out nozzles at high speed, the Chinese invented this thousands of year ago, and it won't be useful for interplanetary space travel, and it stall science that is needed to understand that gravity is actually a controllable force, there is an ether, and to not work on centrifugal propullsion is just stagnation of science. seems like you aren't interested in new science.

    • @protic4
      @protic4 20 днів тому

      @@Turbo_Tastic Maybe you should commit more than 1 minute to some videos about since, then it might expand your basic understanding of rocketry and science.

  • @jaykparikh37
    @jaykparikh37 22 дні тому +34

    Dude I got insane chills at the ending

    • @duran9664
      @duran9664 22 дні тому +2

      Who brought the idea to catch a rocket ?🤔
      It is just so psychedelic 😵‍💫

    • @natix1_
      @natix1_ 21 день тому +2

      ​@@duran9664It's actually so smart, having landing gear would increase the mass of the super heavy booster by a huge margin because that thing is not light, so you need strong landing gear, then of course the massive mechanism you would need to deploy the gear, and most importantly mechanizilla can then move the booster onto the launch pad in a couple of hours instead of days it would take by moving it in a regular crane, not even including gear possible being damaged by alot of raptor engines esentially blasting heat at it.

  • @neruba2173
    @neruba2173 19 днів тому +3

    Science fiction has spoiled us into thinking that reentry into atmosphere is a child's play that can be solved with magic materials. This is a huge advance and we will possibly never get rid of the lose of material during reentry. The true genius comes in cheapening the process.

  • @defects777
    @defects777 18 днів тому

    That transition from the go for launch call into ignition gives me goosebumps every time, it’s like a movie

  • @havelsand
    @havelsand 22 дні тому +21

    The happy smiling faces in the control room are priceless! 😁

  • @P5ychoFox
    @P5ychoFox 22 дні тому +20

    That shot from the top of the booster entering the clouds!

    • @sus0_2
      @sus0_2 21 день тому

      Best shot I've ever seen from one of these flights

  • @chrishudson6968
    @chrishudson6968 21 день тому

    That moment it comes out of the clouds breathing fire with a sonic boom is fkn incredible

  • @MargieM10
    @MargieM10 21 день тому +1

    Still can't believe Flap held on. A sight to behold!

  • @mlgpure
    @mlgpure 22 дні тому +115

    The future is now! Go SpaceX! Go Starship!

    • @user-ty6ln1zy4o
      @user-ty6ln1zy4o 22 дні тому

      Со звездолётом перебор, но приятно

    • @ZedaaaaHD
      @ZedaaaaHD 21 день тому

      @@user-ty6ln1zy4orussian bot

    • @user-gg6lw2dn8c
      @user-gg6lw2dn8c 21 день тому

      ​@@user-ty6ln1zy4o Старшип если на русский перевести в ютубе - звездолет.

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs 21 день тому

      @@user-ty6ln1zy4oit’s not too much, it’s one of the only vehicles that even have a chance of delivering people other worlds.

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 21 день тому +27

    I dont care how many times I see those reusable rockets landing on a pad, it NEVER gets old. The math involved to do something like that... wow.

  • @brakenthemole2377
    @brakenthemole2377 21 день тому +1

    I mean, how can you not love the absolute feat this is

  • @Alex-md5zd
    @Alex-md5zd 20 днів тому

    Saw this after work today and have watched it 10 times since

  • @i_vanni
    @i_vanni 22 дні тому +20

    Goosebumps everytime Starship flies

  • @RtoioBnoiy
    @RtoioBnoiy 21 день тому

    Those pictures of the starship in orbit are stunning.

  • @cupmilk5939
    @cupmilk5939 21 день тому +1

    We are very fortunate to live in an era where we can easily see the future.

  • @planetsec9
    @planetsec9 22 дні тому +18

    Those shots of Starship in orbit are beautiful 🚀 🌎

    • @moonlion7047
      @moonlion7047 20 днів тому +1

      Flerfer overload seeing the earth curve.

  • @StillAliveAndKicking_
    @StillAliveAndKicking_ 22 дні тому +31

    Did I fall asleep for a few decades and then wake up? Incredible flight, incredible.

  • @OneNationUnderGod.
    @OneNationUnderGod. 21 день тому +1

    That reentry shows just how advanced the Space Shuttle was especially considering it was designed & engineered over 50 years ago!

  • @aka3eka
    @aka3eka 19 днів тому +2

    AMAZING! It looks like a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster. Like Interstellar. PERFECT!

  • @GUSTAVO33foda
    @GUSTAVO33foda 22 дні тому +228

    Im glad someone remembered the UA-cam accounts password

    • @hemant5718
      @hemant5718 22 дні тому +4

      😂😂

    • @martintiburciocruz3153
      @martintiburciocruz3153 22 дні тому +4

      context?

    • @themakoshark4834
      @themakoshark4834 22 дні тому

      ​@@martintiburciocruz3153 SpaceX shifted to posting their livestreams on X instead of youtube not too long ago

    • @DanielD2724
      @DanielD2724 22 дні тому

      @@martintiburciocruz3153 They no longer stream on UA-cam and only use Twitter to stream their lives

    • @MCPro24
      @MCPro24 22 дні тому +1

      @@martintiburciocruz3153 SpaceX no longer streams on UA-cam. They only post videos occasionally.

  • @imtexaspete
    @imtexaspete 21 день тому +55

    Those young SpaceX employees that was watching, anticipating, and cheering. They are the future.

  • @HendoAU
    @HendoAU 20 днів тому

    Watched the whole thing live, incredible.

  • @flippert0
    @flippert0 20 днів тому +1

    This is better than any SciFi movie rocket start can ever hope to be.

  • @YouCanIwill
    @YouCanIwill 22 дні тому +34

    Love being alive during this time! Mars here we come!

  • @JAXXNCREATED
    @JAXXNCREATED 20 днів тому

    I don't think the re-entry shots will ever get old, actually insane.

  • @calabrais
    @calabrais 21 день тому

    What makes me even happier than the scientific accomplishments, is their ability to film it in such great quality.

  • @franklin5194
    @franklin5194 21 день тому +45

    We are having the privilege of seeing with our own eyes, the history being written . A hundred years from now people will know us as today's pioneers of the new era of space exploration

    • @mikakettunen7939
      @mikakettunen7939 21 день тому

      Amen - such a time to be alive witnessing this next levelity unfold

    • @Nectorr
      @Nectorr 21 день тому +1

      SpaceX, AI, CRISPR-Cas, Neuralink, WWIII - that's all now.

    • @konstantinmakarenkov8466
      @konstantinmakarenkov8466 20 днів тому

      ​@@Nectorrhmm... WWIII i don't see yet

    • @Aelinnia
      @Aelinnia 19 днів тому

      @@konstantinmakarenkov8466 WWIII already happening; it's just been in slow-mo so far.

  • @Delli88Burn1
    @Delli88Burn1 21 день тому +58

    Saving this clip. Whenever I'm feeling lost or down, I'll look at this. ...The feeling that nothing is impossible

  • @ScopeSpace-k2p
    @ScopeSpace-k2p 18 днів тому +1

    Amazing. Can't wait for flight 5!

  • @nebuchadnezzar916
    @nebuchadnezzar916 21 день тому +1

    Chills down my spine, well done SpaceX, you're making our dreams a reality!

  • @SpaceflightExplained
    @SpaceflightExplained 22 дні тому +18

    Thank you for posting SOMETHING in 4k. Beautiful video once again, and that catching outro is scary... can't wait!

  • @rh3097
    @rh3097 22 дні тому +46

    Our generation finally has an Apollo to be inspired by! Go SpaceX! Godspeed!

    • @CaptApril123
      @CaptApril123 21 день тому +4

      I'm an old guy from the Gemini & Apollo days and love watching the next generation go even further. Fantastic you go!

    • @John_Redcorn_
      @John_Redcorn_ 21 день тому +1

      Artemis is supposed to put us back on the moon in 2026

    • @CaptApril123
      @CaptApril123 21 день тому

      @@John_Redcorn_ Space X is doing the landing system, Starliner is doing the manned trip to the moon. The entire project is called 'Artemis', who in Greek mythology was the twin sister of Apollo.

    • @creatorsfreedom6734
      @creatorsfreedom6734 21 день тому +1

      was it successful this time or did one of the wings come off on re entry or splash ?

    • @CaptApril123
      @CaptApril123 21 день тому +2

      @@creatorsfreedom6734 No wings came off, it was successful.

  • @JaydenLawson
    @JaydenLawson 21 день тому

    That ending gave me chills!

  • @alcosound
    @alcosound 20 днів тому

    Beautiful.
    I fervently hope that the next flights will be streamed on UA-cam - we seriously miss the livestreams here

  • @cyansorcerer6491
    @cyansorcerer6491 21 день тому +12

    just incredible to see how far humans have advanced technologically, and to think that the first actual flying plane was only 121 years ago.

  • @olliea6052
    @olliea6052 22 дні тому +13

    The Little Flap That Could.
    ☺️

  • @Tyani-sz6cg
    @Tyani-sz6cg 21 день тому

    Met a few of you wandering around the rocket the night before the launch. Just wanna say that y'all are kicking ass, and I have thoroughly enjoyed all the amazing work you have put into this program.
    Keep crushing it.

  • @LieiuDsac
    @LieiuDsac 21 день тому

    Did I wake up after dozing off for a few decades? Amazing flying, amazing.

  • @LarsFL
    @LarsFL 22 дні тому +30

    The editing on this is incredible, chills all the way through

    • @YouTube_username.
      @YouTube_username. 21 день тому

      Epic soundtrack, commentators labeling everything perfectly... Ode to flappy

    • @mantavyasharma3784
      @mantavyasharma3784 16 днів тому

      What soundtrack is that ​@@UA-cam_username.

    • @YouTube_username.
      @YouTube_username. 16 днів тому +1

      @@mantavyasharma3784 it's probably custom or a couple of pieces of stock music. Very expensive to use a song you've heard of in a corporate video.

  • @PsychogamersINC
    @PsychogamersINC 22 дні тому +9

    Some new camera views too! Such an amazing flight, I can't wait for flight 5.