HERE WE GO! SpaceX is Launching Starship Flight 12 to Make History in Few Hours...
HERE WE GO! SpaceX is Launching Starship Flight 12 to Make History in Few Hours...
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HERE WE GO! SpaceX is Launching Starship Flight 12 to Make History in Few Hours...
Starship Flight 12 is launching today.
Yes, seriously.
No Photoshop.
No fake countdown timer from a random YouTube thumbnail.
After 7 months and 8 days of nonstop preparation, SpaceX is finally ready to launch Booster 19 and Ship 39 on the very first flight of the brand-new Starship Version 3.
And now, the countdown is officially live.
We are just hours away from what could become one of the most important launches in SpaceX history.
Honestly, Starbase right now probably feels like the final battle scene in an Avengers movie.
Everyone is stressed.
Everyone is exhausted.
And somewhere in the background, Elon Musk is probably sleeping for four minutes and calling it “recovery.”
So let’s dive into everything happening at Starbase right now.
HERE WE GO! SpaceX is Launching Starship Flight 12 to Make History in Few Hours...
Yesterday’s Wet Dress Rehearsal was one of the strangest tests SpaceX has ever performed.
And somehow… that might actually be a very good thing.
Yesterday was the kind of day that had Starship fans glued to their screens for hours.
Productivity worldwide probably dropped by at least 12%.
Because the second Wet Dress Rehearsal for Flight 12 did not look normal.
At all.
This test was supposed to be the final major checkpoint before launch.
The moment where SpaceX fully loads the vehicle with cryogenic propellant and simulates nearly the entire countdown process.
Basically, it is the rocket equivalent of turning your PC on before a massive gaming tournament and praying Windows does not suddenly decide it needs an update.
Beach closures went active at 6 AM local time.
That is standard procedure whenever SpaceX handles propellant operations.
And for good reason.
The test involves loading thousands of tons of liquid oxygen and liquid methane into the rocket.
These are not substances you casually stand next to while eating tacos on the beach.
Operations officially began shortly after 10 AM.
The giant Mechazilla chopstick arms slowly lifted into their elevated position near the top of the tower.
That alone already looked intimidating.
Like two giant robotic arms preparing to assemble a Gundam.
Then propellant loading began.
Cryogenic fuel started flowing into both Booster 19 and Ship 39.
HERE WE GO! SpaceX is Launching Starship Flight 12 to Make History in Few Hours...
Engine chill procedures started running simultaneously.
Everything initially looked completely normal.
Until people noticed something weird.
Frost patterns on the tanks looked incomplete.
Only about half of Booster 19’s liquid oxygen tank appeared frosted.
Its methane tank looked only partially loaded too.
Ship 39 showed similar behavior.
Neither stage appeared anywhere close to a full propellant load.
Then suddenly, without warning, the entire sequence stopped.
The vehicles began detanking.
Propellant vented out.
The chopsticks lowered.
The Ship quick disconnect arm retracted and reconnected.
And immediately, the internet did what the internet always does.
Panic.
People instantly started asking the big question.
“Did SpaceX abort the test?”
But once you step back and look carefully at everything that happened, the answer is probably no.
In fact, all signs point toward this being a completely intentional partial-fill test.
And honestly, it was actually pretty smart.
Here is why.
First, the water deluge system activated exactly as planned.
The quick disconnect arm sequence also executed perfectly.
Those are not random emergency actions.
They are scripted procedures.
Second, no launch delay was announced afterward.
That is huge.
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