This week crews installed 8 large hvac units on the 2 mechanical roof areas of giga bay. On Monday the first 4 were installed, followed by the other 4 this morning. Our friends at @RGVaerialphotos got a great shot of these areas from above in their flyover yesterday, which you can see over on their page.

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Booster 21 and Ship 41 got fully loaded today during a WDR. Next up: Flight 14!

Engine chill for the ship seems to have a new vent on the side of the QD arm.

Propellant load is currently underway on Booster 21 and Ship 41 during the WDR.

Chopsticks have been detached from S41 and opened

We have road closure ahead of today's scheduled testing, likely a Wet Dress Rehearsal.

A WDR is planned for tomorrow, September 24, for Booster 21 and Ship 41. With a back up for the day after, September 25.

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Ship 41 has rolled out to the Launch Complex and moved between the Pad 2 chopsticks.

The road delay for the roll out of Ship 41 to the launch pad is now between 19:30 and 21:30 CDT.

The road delay for the roll out of Ship 41 to the launch pad is now extended to 16:00 CDT

🐢 New road delay — Texas State Highway 4 Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 10:00 → 14:00 CDT — Production to Pad starbase.texas.gov/beach-roa…

Barge with top deck deluge plate, Gigabay booster workstand and Starship Horizontal Transport Ship Aft Frame now arriving at the Port of Brownsville

Installation of the first of two short doors on the backside of giga bay has begun. At the same time, crews moved the trolley for the right aisle's bridge crane from Sanchez to giga bay

🐢 New road delay — Texas State Highway 4 Thursday, September 17th 2026 23:59 → 18th 04:00 CDT — Production to Port starbase.texas.gov/beach-roa…

All warnings are now changing to the new launch date of September 28 for flight 14, like this NOTMAR for the Gulf.

🚨 The launch of flight 14 of Starship as been delayed to September 28, pending regulatory approval. 🚨

A NOTMAR was published for flight 14 of Starship, just north of Hawaii. This is a contingency reentry area.

Nasa has put out an RFI (request for information) on the development of additional launch capacity at its Wallops island flight facility in Virginia. A total of about 150 acers, currently used for suborbital launches, are up for grabs. sam.gov/workspace/contract/o…