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Thomas Hayden
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The OLM put up a bit of a fight tonight with a small fire inside the ring.

Thankfully no one seems injured and crews were able to quickly extinguish it. They're already back at work cutting it up to make way for the new design!

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nsf.live/starbase
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Five Falcon 9 Stage 2's in five days!

Just 3 days, 22 hours, 26 minutes, and 31 seconds from the first to fifth test, highlighting what the McGregor teams are capable of. Typically they test one every two days.

Watch live: nsf.live/mcgregor

@nasaspaceflight.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New record!

McGregor's Raptor Horizontal stand has beaten its record of 385 seconds with a test today lasting 460 seconds!

This isn't a McGregor test record (that's held by Tripod's 897 second test) but it's a dominant second place.

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nsf.live/mcgregor
April 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A Raptor 2 giving us some fireworks today, but don't fret! This looks like it could be an intentional test to destruction, along with a few earlier in the year. Perhaps related to changes following Flights 7 and 8?

nsf.live/mcgregor
@nasaspaceflight.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Moonrise behind the McGregor Raptor site

nsf.live/mcgregor
@nasaspaceflight.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Aircraft carriers are HUGE!

Here's an approximate visualization of a Starship stack on ex-John F. Kennedy as it entered the Port of Brownsville for scrapping.

~408ft vs ~1,106ft

Apologies (or you're welcome) for the Ship 26 style stack

@nasaspaceflight.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Ship 33 (the first Block 2 ship) appears to have performed a Spin Prime at Massey's Test Site. Stay tuned to Starbase Live for its next steps, which will likely be a Static Fire ahead of its flight NET January.

nsf.live/starbase
December 13, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Ship 31's transport stand is rolling to the Production Site. Unless it returns, this means S31 can't be destacked* and likely had its FTS installed while in the High Bay - a deviation from what we've seen in the past!

nsf.live/starbase
November 18, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Raptor 3 having a rough start on the Raptor Horizontal stand. Not as explosive as the RUD on the Vertical stand the other day, but it certainly didn't look nominal
nsf.live/mcgregor
November 13, 2024 at 3:23 PM