Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation Starship rocket. SpaceX began constructing Starship’s Texas launch site in earnest in late 2020. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

Florida 101

Florida Installation Connect Connected 101

Teslarati

OCTOBER 6, 2021

SpaceX appears to have delivered hardware that will eventually become part of the first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to its South Texas ‘Starbase’ factory. Using present-day first-generation Raptor 1 engines, a Super Heavy booster with 33 engines installed could produce up to 6100 tons (~13.5M lbf) of thrust at liftoff.

Engine 93

Engine Saturn Texas Installation 93

Teslarati

JULY 26, 2021

The structure was truly finished in April 2021 with the installation of a heavy-duty bridge crane, though work continues to this day on what CEO Elon Musk has described as a bar and viewing area to be located at the top of the bay. (NASASpaceflight – bocachicagal).

Saturn 145

Saturn Building 2020 Texas 145

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program’s Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle—the agency’s next big rocket is taking shape.

Hydrogen 130

Hydrogen Florida Congress Engine 130