This is not a render. This is not a simulation. This is SpaceX’s first integrated test flight of Starship with the Super Heavy booster, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly. This slomo is from our 8k tracker shot by considercosmos.
Source: @Erdayastronaut

‍3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount.

Wasn’t ready in time & we wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it through 1 launch.

Looks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.
Source: @elonmusk

Starship clearing the tower
Source: @SpaceX

Starship liftoff in slow motion
Source: @elonmusk

‍Still early in analysis, but the force of the engines when they throttled up may have shattered the concrete, rather than simply eroding it. The engines were only at half thrust for the static fire test.
Source: @elonmusk

Happy Earth Day! Let’s work hard both to protect this planet and explore what exists beyond it.
Source: @johnkrausphotos

Surveying the damage
Source: @thejackbeyer