Watch the plasma build up around SpaceX Starship during its atmospheric re-entry on March 14, 2024. Watch the launch: www.space.com/spacex-starship... Credit: SpaceX
Well we only saw the start of the reentry. Once that plasma forming around the ship gets hot enough you can not get any sort of signal through it sadly
@@glenchapman3899 True for ground stations due to the wake around the reentry vehicle. Satellites above a reentry vehicle however don't have this issue. Thus by taking a corner it shouldn't be an issue. Even though it requires tweaking.
What I could never understand is, if we lose communication at these heights,how was it possible to stay with communications when men apparently went to the moon, can anyone answer that? Old technology great communication with Apollo, newer tech we lose communication, makes we wonder!! Lies and more lies???
@@Benjamin-ir6oc Проблема не в высоте, а в том, что плазма не пропускает радиосигнал, отгораживая корабль от земли. Спутники Старлинк находятся выше корабля, им плазма не мешает принять сигнал. Вас в Америке (или откуда ты там) вообще в школе ничему не учат?
I'm a 35-year-old man Sitting in his garage alone watching this footage and it has brought me to tears. How could you not find something like this poetic and beautiful. It's truly a monumental step foreward in the evolution of space flight. Im proud of all the courageous and incredibly dedicated men and women involved in this astronomical achievement.
@@Muonium1why is there not some kind of light or visible indicator to prove to all men that humankind made it to the moon. It would’ve been so easy considering the level of importance. I call TOTAL BULLSHIT. You go to the moon in your mind; right?
People, please don’t forget to take a moment out of your busy schedule to donate plasma, it’s desperately needed as you see it being burned faster than it can be regenerated
I am a regular plasma donor but I thought they used it to make big screen plasma t.v.'s...🤔 I really think they should be giving more $ to the donor. Without them there is nothing... Don't be so greedy! please. Thank you.
@@aservantinbabylon Are you blind, stupid or both? Space starts at 100km, Starship wen over 120. it 100 went to space. I'm so glad i'm smart and not stupid like you all.
Really? They failed again ! What about those footages? And without failure unlike Elon X ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U88DzZcsubs.html
@@fabr5747 And so what, they will try again as always. They failed plenty of times with their Falcon 9 rockets and nowadays they land them perfectly. It's called progress kiddo.
@@tgstudio85 And it was a new technology, justifying failures... Not the case here. No need to launch a rocket to check if all engine get turned on for example...
@@fabr5747 bruh what are you on about? the entirety of starship is new technology. The thermal tiles, the hot gas thrusters, the reentry regime, the staging. Literally everything. This test was a success because they gained data, they literally have 4 more rockets lined up ready to go. They are disposable, each rocket probably costs less than ONE engine on the SLS/space shuttle.
@@moonasha It's funny how Musk lovers are finding him to be such a genius. - the tiles are basically the 1996 EATB coated with what coated the last years of the shuttles. And they are right to use it, it's already demonstrated and understood. But nothing new here. Calling failure a success is ridiculous. He should already be on Mars according to his 2016 declarations. P.S. How many flights for the shuttle? Isn't also Musky trying to sell reusable? So now he is a genius because he is crashing reusable rockets?
I’m old enough to remember watching the first televised launch and re-entry of the Mercury spacecraft with John Glenn in 1962. We didn’t get to see much, but what we did was incredible. Seeing this video of re-entry from outside of the craft is something I never expected I’d ever witness. It begs the question, what comes next?
Old FKR here, same, loving me some plasma also, until today it's been like bigfoot, heard of it, never seen it. I try to watch as many launches as I can, I'm ready for whatever it is that comes next. The future that was predicted for my generation is finally happening and I'm down for it.
Sever propellant leakage leading to uncontrolled tumble and atmospheric breakup after a failed loading bay test and failed in flight engine ignition? Mmm great success.
@@jeffhaggarty9879Most companies can't even get their rockets to land and mind you, this is the most powerful rocket in human history. If it were so easy as you imagine 😂😂
I see it as an example of risk aversion hampering progress. NASA is very risk averse. SpaceX took the risks of losing rockets on landing that would've otherwise been disposed of on reentry anyway.
@@Antagon666 It's only the 3rd attempt. SpaceX lost 18 rockets before landing the first. They now have 283 landings in 294 attempts with many boosters now approaching or exceeding 10 landings. Patience, Grasshopper.
Mindboggling .... hits hard emotionally to see the level of engineering and sciences behind to deal with the extreme stress factors and do proper computer calculations for a controlled tumbling. Unbelievable if not seen with own eyes. Congrats to all who had been involved to make this outstanding project working.
This footage is nothing less than a revelation to my discerning eyes. The clarity of picture made me realise just how accurate the digital effects artists are when designing the space visuals in Sci-Fi movies, because the friction burn depicted in the reality of the Starship re-entry almost appears fake looking. Edit : The fundamentals witnessed in this genuine SPACE X Starship re-entry are indiscernible from today’s digital imagery creations.
@@rleriche5044 There are many films which accurately depict the effects of friction burn upon re-entry into a planet’s atmosphere : APOLLO 13 • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY • STAR TREK : GENERATIONS • STAR TREK : BEYOND • STAR WARS : REVENGE OF THE SITH • LIFE • MAN OF STEEL • AD ASTRA
Absolutely incredible. Throughout the history of space travel, the friction from encountering the molecules in the atmosphere produces the plasma we see in this video.
Boy, I love stuff like this. I used to always be into science when I was a kid so I spent all my time watching stuff like this and just seeing what people can do. All knowledge belong to everybody.
Fast track? They are delayed by A LOT ! According to December 2020 goals: - 2022 Q4 Propellant transfer test, Q4 2022, still hasn't happened - 2023 Q2, long duration flight, still hasn't happened - 2024 Q1, uncrewed lunar landing www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/qujnsi/proposed_spacex_hls_schedule_source_nasa_oig/ Come on, don't say "fast tracked" when it's delayed like crazy !
Where? Booster STILL can't return or be controlled. Couldn't control vehicle once it reached orbit properly. Couldn't control it during re-entry. It is still amateur hour.
@@jeffhaggarty9879 Where? In my Rocket Engineering career and experience of 25 years. There are some very good Engineering degrees available at some Universities......
@@jeffhaggarty9879 I agree with you. They had a fuel leak, and because they have no solution to control it in those situations, that's the result. Tiles facing the stars during reentry was funny. I wish you to not be American, cause that's your tax money going into smoke.
Thank you SpaceX for this incredible view of re-entry. I remember being in school 2nd grade and watching astronauts walk on the moon on a black and white television. Never though I'd see anything like this.
@@DVSFish At 80km altitude air density is only 0.00001846kg/m^3. At 7200 m/s that results in an aerodynamic pressure of 0.132 N/m^2 which is equivalent to 0.1 m/s at sea level. Not even a gentle breeze.
@@stargazer7644Apologies, I used a completely wrong value for density at that altitude. This is much closer to correct (I ended up with 7km/h with revised calc)
@@coryleblancmmm I’m afraid it’s not. It’s widely documented. Also, I’ve worked in VFX since early 90s.. I’m usually on the sceptical side. But not here.
@@beayn Not the same thing. Also, all previous ships were too small for that, and having a bulky, termally-protected camera on the outside would cause more harm than good. The closest we had were the views from inside Soyuz's windows (tiny views of brief flashes) and the Orion's return (also from a window, but looking back to the tail).
Singularity is possible in this era, escape velocity of life span is possible in this era, AI sentience is possible in this era. It is ineed a wild time to be alive.
The clarity is fascinating, the fact that it lasted that long into the entry is incredible, I was 10 when the Apollo mission landed on the moon, those grainy images were amazing but these images of the earth are now etched in my mind forever. Thank you. 🇺🇸
That is absolutely unbelievable - one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. Literally caused me to scream in amazement and brought tears to my eyes it was so incredible.
I know what you mean, I was pretty choked up too. Also Incredible video tech that we could see all this without any video glitches. Oh and the Falcon 9 landings on their pads never get boring either 😃
Easier when your Internet service (Starlink) is Above; and you have NASA TDRS at geostationary orbit as backup/primary. They also had the SpaceX Falcon 9 ground stations. I heard a call-out for the African ground station.
One thing I dont think people have realised here, it was on its side for some of this. Meaning the full brunt of the heat was hitting a non heat shield area. It survived a surpisingly long time all things considered
@@stargazer7644 This was not his point. Due to the tumbling the unprotected side of the ship got all the plasma for quite a long time without breaking up. Truly fascinating, but they still have to fix the tumbling of course. Looked super wrong from the very beginning.
@@mrsbelcherThe plasma had barely started in the part we could see. 70-80km up the air is still basically a vacuum, and it isn't going to damage anything. When the plasma got serious, that's when we lost the spacecraft.
It lets you know how very small our little world is🌍♥️ and it gives you a view that no man can create we can only picture it❤ thank you very beautiful pictures❤
That thing was raining broken tiles at ~2:10. Also, there is one moment where the ship was not aligned with the airstream and was definitely baking stainless steel on the upper left side. It didn’t seem like the ship was fully under control.
duh, it wasn't under proper control for a long time during its coast phase. That's something to be fixed for the next time. I did hear during the stream they had problems with the attitude control system.
True you can see it tumbling even in re-entry at first it wasnt that bad but when it started to go lower the atmosphere was so strong that probably exploded it
I believe there are something wrong happen with Starship thruster cause it is tumbling too much. We can clearly see that Staship re-entry on it's side while tumbling. Also, it seems that some piece of heat tiles is missing but still, far less than space shuttle. Look like it break up during re-entry and the signal blackout is due to the atenna was facing the wrong direction. Overall, it is still a great flight and I really look foward to IFT-4.
Yea it seems like that. Maybe they couldn't stop the spin after propellant transfer test, because as far as i saw they spun it up for that test. Maybe their RCS thrusters aren't powerful enough for the ship this size, at least that's what it seems to me ( a total layman ) on a glance. I mean it it seemed like it tried to correct its position but too slowly, and when it started heating up shield held up fine but the ship simply turned over to unshielded side towards the wind... If it entered a bit on its side ( towards the atmosphere and the ground ) and at one point accidentally tipped on the other ( unshielded ) side there is no way it can be flipped back around because the flaps will keep it in that orientation.
The reason why it didn't survive is because they couldn't start the engine to reduce the speed, so StarShip ended up going down faster than it had anticipated, so it couldn't stand, let's hope that in the next launch it can start. the engine and we can see how it ends up in the sea
You're right, the directional thrusters were icing up from the everyday astronauts observations. It looked like it was right. It was tumbling quite a bit through the flight. That's probably why it was a little bit Tumblyier than normal. Either they have to come up with a de-icing method for those thrusters or they run out to switch to hot thrusters if they are going to expect them to stay clear and be usable. Booster may be the only one that can actually use those things without having to worry about icing up like it did.
Today, the hearts of space exploration enthusiasts beat faster as the SpaceX team made history with the successful completion of the Starship's 3rd Integrated Flight. It's incredible to be a part of this journey and witness this project go from concept to reality. Congratulations to the team! Happy Birthday SpaceX! And Happy Pi day! Thank you for the excitement, and see you on the next flight! ♥️🚀💯
@@jeremywallis1960 And you believe in CGI. The government really got to you, didn't it? Ah well, not everyone has what it takes to keep the real truth...
It's obviously inside a pocket in the tile . Ever try to torch out a screwed up lug nut inside the pocket of an aluminum car rim ? It's pretty hard to do -
I thought it burned up (for the st part). They could not get Starship out of that roll and into the proper attitude. The heat shield was barely utilized.
@@jeremywallis1960 Uhhhhh....that video is real. It did not show a landing. What is your point? You're not one of those mentally deficient moon hoaxers, are you?
How are people supposed to "see it" in space any other way than watching a video of it?? These flat earthers and space deniers are really grasping at straws now lol
With every little flake of dust, ice, metal, whatever... that comes off of every rocket / craft sent into orbit, it's amazing we aren't more like the movie Wall-e.
You know that there was a time where they would do it successfully ? They are delayed like crazy on the schedule and contracts for the HLS. They will need 20 rockets to go to the moon...
@@fabr5747There wasn't? They failed on pretty much all the new stuff they tried to build, until it didn't fail anymore. And Starship is trying a whole lot of new stuff
This is so magnificent my skin just got goosebumps seeing our world from the outside of it and entering back to earth. Just mind blowing that we are piece of huge system where we float but here we feel safe touching the ground :D
I got to watch the return of SpaceX dragon endurance crew 7 a few days ago right after reentry over western Nebraska at 4:35 am central time. Amazing sight. Orange ball of fire streaming past me at 4:36 roughly 70 miles away. 12 mins later it parachuted into gulf by Pensacola. Evidently traveled approx 6000 mph.
That they did. Also showed off the failure point while they were at it; there was a leak somewhere in the rocket's systems. That's why there was outgassing even after MECO happened.
@@kennyholmes5196 that's no leak. They are dumping excess propellant overboard. It is intentional. The failure is somewhere else, about the attitude control system. Reaction control thrusters didn't work properly maybe? The fins did, but weren't enough obviously.
@@arcaipekyun4232 Dumping excess propellant overboard wasn't supposed to happen until the Propellant Unload Test. That stuff was leaking even before MECO, it just wasn't obviously visible until MECO happened. You know how the booster slammed into the gulf at mach 3 or so? It was low on oxidizer and couldn't reignite its' engines in time to save itself as a result. That being low on oxidizer fact was caused because of a leak somewhere in the system. Look at the upper stage, and you see that it was losing oxidizer in the EXACT SAME WAY!
