Didn't get all 33 engines but it's my best #SpaceX#Starship engine shot so far. 13 is finally a lucky number for me.🔥🇺🇲🚀🇺🇲🔥
📸 by Scott Schilke for https://t.co/aE2RPsTD94 and https://t.co/TGuheUrBqZ
I cranked up the contrast in this image to look for something very specific.
Look to the right of the sun. You can see the shockwaves from the rocket refract the sunlight!
There are moments in your career that become etched into your memory forever.
This is one of them.
Watching S40 survive the journey back through Earth’s atmosphere and land intact felt surreal. A dream that once seemed impossible is becoming reality before our eyes.
I’ll never forget today.
Fury.
My highest-resolution image yet taken of Super Heavy's 33 Raptor 3 engines singing in unison during today's flight test of Booster 20 and Ship 40 from Pad 2 in Starbase, Texas.
📸 - @NASASpaceflight
Prints (this will be up soon): https://t.co/9KPqMTd9A7
Starship soared on the second flight of the next generation, deploying advanced Starlink satellites for the first time and providing priceless data as it travelled through air, space, and sea → https://t.co/Rp7VwBzpWx