Latest at Starbase with LabPadre: Oct. 27

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week at Starbase, stacking of Block 3 Starship 39 continues in Mega Bay 2, with more steel being added to frame out the new Gigabay. Multiple cranes are also being deployed to expedite the massive project.

Starting this week, our rover camera caught steel being lifted to the right side of Mega Bay 2 for new access platforms in the ship assembly facility.

The next day, Ship 39's nose cone was lifted to that same side of Mega Bay 2. 

Less than two hours later, the rocket's forward dome section was brought into the building, and the nose cone lifted above it.

Once connected, the two articles were then lifted onto the turntable to be joined.

On Wednesday, the final section of Booster 18 was brought out of Star Factory and taken across the ring yard into Mega Bay 1.

The bottom of the methane tank will now be joined with the rest of the tank, and once that happens, the next big event will be the mating of the vehicle's two tanks.

Last weekend, out in front of the bays, crews continued work assembling the tower cranes for the construction of the Giga Bay.

By Monday, the first boom was lifted onto the first of the cranes, and a few hours later, as the workers retreated, the boom was raised under its own power, signaling the crane was almost ready for work.

Several deliveries of steel were brought to the site on Tuesday as construction of the building continues to the next phase.

That afternoon, crews began lifting columns into position for workers to bolt them into place.

The work was completed with the on-site crawler crane, not the new tower crane.

As the steel work continued, the crane crew switched their focus to the next tower crane, and by Friday afternoon, the cab mass for the crane had been lifted and installed.

Meanwhile, stacking began for the next two tower cranes.

Once complete, the four cranes will work together to speed the construction of the massive gigabyte.

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