User:Starship V2/sandbox
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Background
Vehicle testing ahead of launch
Booster 18 and implosion
B18 assembly took place from May through October of 2025 in Mega Bay 1. On November 20, it was rolled out to the Massey test site for its cryo testing campaign.[1]. However, on November 21, B18 LOX tank suddenly imploded during an ambient gas pressure test[2]. It was then scrapped a few days later.
Ship 39
S39 began its stacking on the 16th of August 2025 with the nose stacking onto the payload section. [3]
- NASASpaceflight (2025-11-20). SpaceX rolls The FIRST Starship Block 3 Booster 18 to Masseys. Retrieved 2026-02-06 – via YouTube.
- Weber, Ryan (2025-11-21). "Booster 18 suffers anomaly during proof testing". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- NASASpaceflight (16/08/2025). "Starship Flight 12: Ship 39's nosecone is in the air in the Starsfactory as they work on stacking this vehicle.::". X, formerly Twitter. Retrieved 04/03/2026.
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