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SpaceX: “SpaceX engineers spent several days inspecting Ship 40 in the waters off Christmas Island. They collected heatshield samples and gained vital insight into how the vehicle handled reentry with improvements now planned on future vehicles.” (Contd.)

Falcon Heavy vs. The Sun

SpaceX on X: After approx. 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island. A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase

SpaceX on X: “The SpaceX Recovery team is still working to recover Flight 13’s Starship from the Indian Ocean. They’ve been overcoming challenging conditions and increasingly rough seas as they attempt to guide the 52m long spacecraft to port”

What About It on X: “🚨Ship 40 is now resting on the back of a true GIANT! It looks tiny compared to the ship! They both have a journey of almost 13.000 nautical miles ahead of them! 🤯 ETA Starbase, TX: Sometime toward the end of September/early October. 📸Chris Bray”

SpaceX on X: “Falcon Heavy in the hangar at pad 39A in Florida ahead of Sunday’s launch of @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope”

Elon Musk: Once Starship is flying reliably several times per week, it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and production resources to Starship to get launch rate to several times per day, which means winding down Falcon

SpaceX on X: “Falcon Heavy launches @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from pad 39A in Florida, beginning its more than three-month journey to its destination where it will generate never-before-seen photos of the universe”

Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis [new claim that SpaceX “intends to end commercial launches after 2028”]

SpaceX on X: “Booster 21 moved to the pad at Starbase for static fire testing ahead of Flight 14”