Latest at Starbase with LabPadre: June 2

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week at Starbase, Ship 36 receives its third RVAC motor and left aft flat for installation, Ship 37 has moved to mass east to cryo proof the fuel tanks, and the new launch mount continues to be fit out with cooling hardware.

Now let's dig into this week's update.

The following day after the flight nine launch over at the Massey outpost test article B 18.1, finished a round of cryo testing, verifying the integrity of the Block Three, super heavy design.

The ship cryostand was moved into Mega Bay Two in the evening, and Starship 37 was soon transferred to it for its first trip to the Massey outpost.

Ship 37 began its trip on Thursday morning, rolling out through Sanchez onto Highway four before heading up to Massey's

The ship's flaps and heat shield tiles have not yet been installed.

Here we can see quick disconnect hardware for the Block Three booster being rolled out to the launch site.

The new boosters will have two interface ports and separate housings, which will help keep the methane and oxygen from mixing.

A vaporizer was also delivered to the launch complex, continuing build-out of the tank farm expansion.

Crews also continued their work to close back up the front facade of Star Factory, reworking the edges and corners of the shortened structure.

Meanwhile, Ship 36, is third vacuum raptor, was moved into Mega Bay Two for installation

At Pad B, the third water distribution manifold was installed on the launch mount.

The pad deck has extensive water cooling to help prevent damage and erosion during launch.

Back inside Mega Bay Two, the starship 36 has left the aft flap installed.

Once the mishap investigation into flight nine is complete, the ship will be modified and prepared for flight 10.

The Pad A chopsticks were raised to the catch position and put through their paces, making sure they were still within tolerance after flight, before being lowered back down

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