Starship V3 first flight in about 4 weeks

Soon this 🔥🚀

Watching something on such a scale and with such beauty makes you want to experience it again and again. It’s truly breathtaking. Give me a time machine — I want to go back and witness it with my own eyes 🥹 It’s something extraordinary. @elonmusk, @NASA,@SpaceX thank you for giving us the opportunity to see something so magnificent that it literally takes our breath away.

I’ll be driving down in my new @cybertruck CyberBeast to watch😎

*slaps roof of starship* this bad boy can yeet so many GPUs into orbit

LFG! 🚀

Watching the future of space exploration being built in real time is surreal. Can’t wait for the first flight of Starship V3. 🚀

Rooting for maximum success 🇺🇸

Without the Raptor V3, Starship would be massively overweight and would be much less important. Raptor V3 needs no heavy heat shields and no heavy fire suppression systems. With Starship soon having 42 Raptor engines, all these engines plus engine support systems add up to a lot of weight. We are talking about over 70 metric tons with the "light" Raptor V3 or over 150 metric tons with the original heavy Raptor V1. Most of the increase in lift capability between Starship V3 and V1 is due to lighter engines and engine support systems! (Starship V1 could lift about 15 tons while Starship V3 can lift 100 tons.) More info: The Raptor V3 is 3D-printed with channels that the cold fuel flows through to solve the problem of heat. By cold, we mean around -250F! (The special alloys that the engine is made of can handle about 2,200F so a little cooling goes a long way in helping out the engine.) Heat shields create enclosed spaces where dangerous gases can accumulate. Remove the heat shields, and then you don't need fire suppression. P.S. SpaceX has even more tricks up their sleeves. For example, they recently increased the amount of Starlink satellites per Falcon 9 launch by 30% simply by making the satellites much lighter.

These are so epic! This one is #7 1/16/25. Keep em’ coming! 🚀

Starship and the bear to the moon. 🚀🐻🌕

Feels so long since we had a Starship launch! Looking forward to it 🚀

See you there. Bring your children and grandchildren and be inspired by what smart and dedicated STEM can amount to.

Can’t wait!!!! 🚀

Soon.

This is madness! We’re going to become multi planetary, and we can see these live webcasts in such incredible quality through Starlink! Love it!

Awesome! I can start planning my trip already. Elon, I will see you there. 😎🚀

One day in retrospect, Starship design will look like God's plan to save humanity. 🚀🙌

Starship 🦦🦦🚀

Who ishe?😅

Closest view of starship.......

🏆Starship V3 LFG🔥🔥🔥🚀🏆

Software engineers: ship code → break things → patch → deploy again SpaceX engineers: ship rocket → explode → patch → launch again 🚀 Same development cycle. Slightly higher deployment cost. The fastest way to build complex systems is iteration, not perfection.

You beauty..... $MASK onboard

If the timeline holds, the first flight of Starship V3 could be another major step in rapid iteration. The pace at SpaceX continues to push development is unlike anything the launch industry has seen.

@NASASpaceflight I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see my first Starship launch!🚀

The best vehicle ever invented in my eyes in my lifetime and it’s getting better all the time 🚀

@keith31345919 Looking forward to seeing Starship land on the moon

Exciting times for space travel!

Watching history get ready to launch. 🚀

Hell yeah! V3 tower catch + orbit incoming 🔥🚀 Mars is getting closer

V3 flight using the usual sea-level + vacuum nozzle split on Raptor 3, or any surprise changes to the extensions? Can't wait for the flight! 🚀

So awesome! Let's START the Starship! To Mars and Moon! ☀️☀️☀️🚀