Watch How A SpaceX Starship And Super Heavy Booster Launches In Slow Motion

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Watch how a SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launches in slow motion and the flight in real-time.  Also the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in slow motion.   Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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00:00This video is brought to you by the

00:29So

00:59Let's go.

01:29Let's go.

01:59We're going to pitch over.

02:01Propulsion reports first stage engines nominal.

02:04What a sight when the grand cameras at starbase.

02:07We're flying it twice the thrust of the Saturn V heading to space.

02:18We're throttled down and throttled back up.

02:21We're going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

02:34As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.

02:38Max Q.

02:39Lessening stress on the vehicle.

02:41The call out.

02:41Max Q now.

02:50Continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange.

02:54100 seconds into flight.

03:05Our next major activity is going to be set down of the first stage.

03:10Houston Tracking Station now acquiring the vehicle.

03:13With set down, we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy and ignition of the Starship engines.

03:21When Starship separates, we light up six engines in the staggered sequence.

03:26If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.

03:30On-board view from Starship.

03:35And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.

03:42Now, after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost-back maneuver for landing in the Gulf.

03:47Continuing to fly, two minutes, 40 seconds.

04:02Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.

04:07First engine cutoff.

04:09Beginning to flip for stage separation.

04:11Okay, so let's get ready for the governed.

04:12First engine forRI.

04:13All aboard is approved.

04:14Don't give up.

04:15This is where the

04:38As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation, where Starship should separate from the super

04:51heavy booster.

04:53Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip, but obviously we're

05:00seeing from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate.

05:04We should have had separation by now.

05:06Obviously, this does not appear to be a nominal situation.

05:11Yeah, it does appear to be spinning, but I do want to remind everyone that everything

05:16after clearing the tower was icing on the cake.

05:36And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so good to the Starship level, you can be just

05:51fun.

05:52You can be just fun.

05:55You can be just fun.

05:56You can be just fun.

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