Starship 24
Below you will find a visual timeline of the construction of Ship 24
Ship24 labeled by Proky @bingoboca
6 Engine Static Fire 9/8/2022
8/9/2022 Static Fires
7/8 RGV
7/6 Nic Ansuini S24 being lifted to the pad
7/5/2022 S24 on the way to the pad with Livery
Carlos Nunez
@Cnunezimages
starbasesurfer
6/26/2022
SN24 Peekaboo
6/14 S24 by Elon Musk
CNUNEZ
06/08/22
CNUNEZ
06/08/22
SpaceX
5/26/22
Ship 24 headed down Hwy 4
RGV
5/21/2022
Aft Flaps and Flings installed
@CosmicCheif @WhatAboutIt
Kevin
Ship 24 hanging out in the highbay with B8
Nosecone Stacked
Mary BocaChicaGal
5/7/2022
May 6 2022
CNUNEZ
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
04/29/2022
Nosecone + Payload section stacked onto the Forward Dome section.
Chief (CosmicalChief)
04/26/2022
Forward Section moving to the Highbay after lots of time through the production process.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
04/09/2022
Nosecone was stacked onto the payload section, now being robotically welded.
LabPadre
04/08/2022
Payload section going to Highbay!!!
RGV Aerial Photography
04/08/2022
Nosecone moves to Highbay.
LabPadre
04/08/2022
Downcomer lifted into S24.
RGV Aerial Photography
04/08/2022
Aft flaps are outside and are tiled.
LabPadre
04/08/2022
Common Dome + Mid-LOX + Aft goes to Midbay.
Chief (CosmicalChief)
04/07/2022
Photo of the Common + MidLOX + Aft in Highbay.
It was stacked on the 5th.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
4/5/2022
Common Dome + MidLOX goes into Highbay.
Chief (CosmicalChief)
04/04/2022
Aft section moved to Highbay for stacking.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
03/28/2022
Lots of tiles on the payload section!
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
03/13/2022
Nosecone has some flaps!
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
03/24/2022
It's.... a PEZ dispenser. First sighting of the door.
Starship Gazer
3/10/2022
Working on the special payload section this morning. Applying heat shield tile insulation.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
03/07/2022
Starlink rack "PEZ dispenser" lifted into the payload section.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
2/25/2022
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
02/22/2022
TPS tiles have begun being added.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
02/21/2022
Payload section is spotted with TPS pins and internal stringers on the windward side only. First indication that a cargo door would be added.
(Note that internal stringers were later added on the leeward side. New payload sections have these added from the beginning.)
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
02/11/2022
TPS pins!
Chief (CosmicalChief)
02/07/2022
Downcomer delivered.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
02/05/2022
Aft section flipped.
RGV Aerial Photography
01/31/2022
Common dome section is having TPS insulation added!
S24 nosecone also has a flap jig on.
Nic Ansuini
01/29/2022
First time we see a 4-ring aft section. Appeared out of thin air.
Mary (BocaChicaGal)
01/19/2022
Payload section being assembled in the Highbay. 4 ring stack + 1 ring.
BocaChicaGal (Mary)
01/18/2022
Common dome assembly is in the Lowbay with TPS studs now.
LabPadre & Mary (BocaChicaGal)
01/09/2022
Common section flipped right side up.
Photo #1 - Flipping.
Photo #2 - Before flipping.
BocaChicaGal 1/3/2022
Ship 24's common dome has been sleeved and there is no methane header tank included. Will it be moved to the nosecone @elonmusk?
Yes
BocaChicaGal 1/3/2022
Ship 24 common dome sleeve spotted outside Tent 1 at the Starbase Production Site by Mary (@BocaChicaGal).
Austin DeSisto
12/30/2021
I spy Ship 24s mid LOx section!
Starship Gazer
12/30/2021
First sighting of the common dome. Sporting a new design, as it will no longer have a CH4 header in it.
Starship Gazer
12/21/2021
Nosecone first spotted. It's the shorter one on the left. This is the 3rd smooth nosecone.
Nic Ansuini
12/13/2021
Forward dome was sleeved between the 12th and 13th. It's in a tri rather than a quad.
Sleeve was only spotted the night before as it came outside.
Nic Ansuini
11/24/2021
NSF | Mary
10/24/2021
Forward dome shows up in the back of the yard. Not shown in this photo, but now has holes for 2 header downcomers.
Starship Gazer
A baby Starship is conceived.
