SpaceX Starship SN8 Flight: The Mini Documentary
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Join our Starship community on discord / cosmicperspective
Catch our new series The Road to Mars: • Road to Mars: The Firs...
On December 9, SpaceX successfully launched Starship SN8 on its first-ever high-altitude test flight to 12.5 km (41,000 ft). We and the crowds at South Padre Island lost our minds. We also made lots of new friends, especially Gene and Rachel of Spadre.com, long-time Starship documenters, and wonderful passionate humans we very much look up to.
On launch day, as part of the @EverydayAstronaut livestream team, we used a joystick-controlled telescope and a series of high-speed cameras (including one of the most epic anamorphic shots ever) to record the moment of liftoff and track the rocket through its unbelievable belly-flop maneuver and landing attempt. So grateful to Tim, Gene and Rachel for an amazing adventure witnessing, documenting, and sharing this historic event. Everything has changed.
Huge thank you to our supporters on Patreon! Excited to share much more from our time here in South Texas (we're still here now, looking at SN9!) as well as show pieces of the special behind-the-scenes cut out soon. Help support this video and our spaceflight documentary work on patreon and also unlock full-res Starship downloads We captured throughout the weeks spent here: / cosmicperspective
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @cosmicperspective
Learn more about our films and photography at www.cosmicpers...
Follow on Twitter: / considercosmos
Special thanks to Scott @Astronomy_Live and OPT telescopes for making one of these epic camera views possible! Also thanks to the team at Zcam. We love your high-speed cams.
Licensed music:
The main song (during the launch sequence) is “Gravitated” by Edgar Hopp.
The lighter/more ambient songs are “Cloudbursts" and "Morning Breaks" by David Celeste.
#Starship #SN8 #SpaceX
SpaceX managed to make a distorted wreck of stainless steel one of the most inspiring things i've ever seen.
Absolutely right my friend ! These pictures are incredible, well done spaceX
Right! Like I remember when we were dreaming about falcon landing......and when this was BFR was announced. It was a whole other level. Then we really see a life size prototype with a computer redesign outside and a complete different mission landing profile! That is insane. We are really seeing the rocket that will take us to Mars!
apple enters the chat
th-cam.com/video/y-djkcoHKc4/w-d-xo.html
Better fly with the Russian fighters.
They should have left it there as a monument
I am not even surprised that the coverage done by enthusiastic youtubers is so much better (technically and artistically) than what the media is doing.
It's what happens when passion is the drive, not money.
"it was a failure" -media
@@fask69 I have zero faith in the MSM any more to actually cover an event that doesn't fit their narrative
Most of “The Media” is no longer mainstream.
if the media cant put a negative spin on a story, and/or they cant twist it to make it fit their agenda, they arent interested
I was 19 years old, traveling in my car to my military service, stationed in the north of Sweden, when I heard those famous words "one step..." sounding from the car radio. Now I'm 70, sitting with my computer at home, and watching in real time the SN8 rocket to the sky! It fills me with hope these difficult times!
Hey Sir,Im fourteen years old would you mind if i ask something?
What do you think of the future? Things has changed alot .We have handphones,jet packs,and interstellar travel somewhere in 2040 what do you think of it?
@@voriee7025 Hey! I think that space travels and space exploration has changed the way people think! In the sixties it was unbelievable to see a man walking on the moon! Today people (younger than me) can see themselves traveling to mars. If you see yourself working in the space industry in the future, math and physics are key subjects that will bring you there! Good Luck/Ulf
This has to be the most impressive documentary about SpaceX and Starship I have seen so far. Thank you for doing this! You deserve some kind of golden statue for this.
Hi Felix! It certainly deserve some kind of reward. Please, mention it in your video so more people can see and enjoy the story.
Thanks Felix! we'll pass on the golden statue for us, instead maybe see the SN8 remnants become one in a public treed park nearby. It's beautiful. Really appreciate your support
Within such a short amount of time too, I applaud you on the time it took you guys to edit.
Felix i totally agree. first i saw "saw" Tim D. shouting in his "behind the scene", what was already epic, and made me cry from the laughter. the i watched this epic Documantry.. truelly amazing nice movie.. almost cried from awe..
Yes. I think there should be a new award like the Nobels or Oscars but in this case it's a meritocratic one not a made up bullshit scale of achievement. We send the little golden staues to the moon and mars and the recipient is the one who brings one back
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever." - Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
@@uselesscompanion6417 I hope im alive to see that
Great quote.
so glad that I am alive to witness these historical events
@@chrisschuff7707 sorry man. The solar system is enough for quadrillion trillion being. You and I will be dust by then...
@@emonvidaly well 100% see the beginning of it within our lifetimes. I just wanna be a part of it.
10:00 This shot of Elon walking through the wreckage of SN8 is going to be one of those pictures I remember for the rest of my life.
It is my desktop image.
Rest In Pieces SN8, Raptor 42 and your two brothers, and bring on more bellyflops! The fact that SN8 bullseyed the landing pad with such an unprecedented skydiver maneuver promises successful landings coming soon!!!
Well bullseye's the edge of the landing pad but yes
Really inspiring. Thank you for making this!
And thank you for all your awesome videos as well Marcus. Keep doing what you do! Its great.
Thank you for recommending this little documentary on ur channel.
I watched 2x times today.
Mars, here we come!
Watching the SN8 flight test it's like watching a tragedy. You know the ending, you've seen it before, but it's so emotional and captivating that you have to watch it again till the end.
Beutifully done... really captures the event. It is wonderful that these historic times are being so well documented
I thought that same thing as I saw the tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment perched on that balcony. We're no longer confined to receiving our information and images from a nightly TV news report as it were during Apollo. We have people, impassioned individuals going to locations and sharing the excitement independently in any form they see fit. Very fucking cool.
Maybe in 2070 we look back at this like we looked back at tje saturn V as marvels of engeneering
@@Mr2winners without doubt! It won't be ten years before we view this test as relatively rudimentary. Just like the devices we're using to view it on. I'm appreciative of how far we've come. Something that was previously purely a government endeavor, viewed on network television is now trainspotting.
Finally, after almost 60 years, we have a worthy successor to the legendary Saturn V. I’ve been waiting all my life for this.
It doesnt documents nothing, the video doesnt give any detailed information of the vehicle
I'm a middle aged eastern european.. Who grew up in the Saljut and Mir age and were loving it... And watching this compilation, i can still dream. Thanks. I'll probably cry, when the first Starship reaches stable orbit :)
Thanks for the comment and so glad to share this in a small way with you
I am not crying, you are crying.
What?! I’m not crying, you are!
Boys... We are crying, we are...
I'm not crying...l got something in my eye kkkk. Great documentary! 🇧🇷
I can't tell if I'm crying or not through all this water blocking my vision
Men Cried that day.
Water towers could always fly, it just took SpaceX to make it happen.
Indeed, just didn’t do it in public. Just like standing Far Side cattle.
I think the water tower phase has passed with fins and a nose cone. It's a proper rocket from here on out.
It's funny that Star Hopper started as a "water tower" , turned into a rocket and is now actually a water tower. 😅
@@WaveArsenal LOL, but in actuality, now its a camera tower.
Actually, StarHopper was a water tower, but Starship SN8 was a grain silo. Get it right.
Also, search for "helvetica standard water tower" here on TH-cam. Should be the first result, video name is just "Helvetica Standard" but there's a bunch of videos with the same name and the "water tower" distinction is needed for TH-cam to pull up the correct video.
This took my breath away. Mankind is beginning to finally see glimpses of what’s over the horizon.
Doubt most won't realize what's hit them until the transition is already complete..
Beautiful, just beautiful
Almost brought a tear to my eye
Damn I’m such a nerd
Certainly brought a tear to mine - great doc.
With time, patience, and bravery....a nerdy space traveler
No dude me too I still can't believe it was soo successfull..how did they simulate the whole flight profile..speed of wings flapping the flip amazing!!
There's a nerdy side in every human being
Nothing wrong with nerds! How else are we to bring such amazing things into fruition?
"when something takes your breath away , you pretty much chase it " these are facts !
I was gonna like this comment but it's at 42 soooo. :)
Every time when a saw "her" falling down, fighting against all the odds and dying in the end I cry. Thats why I know a machine also can be a hero! And if its possible her name is SN8 for sure!
R.I.P our belowed one, you made history and planted the fire into many of our childs soul!
This is incredible! SN8’s flight is something that I will never forget for as long as I live. I’m also studying to get a degree in aerospace engineering in hopes of being among the first humans on Mars. So seeing SN8 liftoff from the pad and execute 95% of her flight perfectly, knowing the final version of this rocket could one day take us to Mars, was so spectacular and brought tears to my eyes. This video beautifully captured what we were feeling that day. Well done, and thank you Cosmic Perspective and to everyone involved. 🚀
What grade are u
Good luck on your journey~
Pretty much in the same boat here. If it wasn't for Covid or the US regulations on aerospace, i would have been running at SpaceX next year.
Now, with covid likely taking a year or two extra, i'll finish my year, and start getting knowledge about a bunch of rocket related stuff. So far i really want to devle back into chemistry (for the rocket engines), fluid physics (for propelant and re-entry) and material science. Should be mighty fine to complement embedded and marketting knowledge i already have. All in an effort to be as effective of an engineer as i can be.
After all Space is the gateway of many things. Some of the most disruptive techs yet to be realized (like genetic engineering or full scale automation) can really only be acomplished in space, far away from the reach of lobbies that constantly keep these ventures down.
Good luck!!
To Mars, _and beyond!_ Good luck Spiffy!
From other side of the world, its really nice to see other thing around on space x ground, not hard core zoom in parts. See it from more human eyes fills the bigger picture.
Thank you. We always find awe inspiring people near rockets... its almost like they attract each other 😊
Beauty attracts beauty.
Mankind/humankind has always been drawn upwards and this is a beautiful presentation of that.
🙏🏽
@@CosmicPerspective Keep it up :)
Great choice of music, it nearly sent me over the edge. Sobbing watching a rocket, with complete joy.
Thanks
@@CosmicPerspective What's the name of the tune during launch? Absolutely breathtaking!
@@bugbbq It's called Gravitated by Edgar Hopp, I bought it after watching this yesterday, it's good but when married upto the SN8 footage, it is, as you say, breathtaking.
When the falcon heavy boosters landed, i felt like this is the future, the future is happening now and i get to see it happen, it was a whirlwind of emotions, got tears in my eyes for the first time in 20 years except when my kids were born.
Now the future came to me again, I'm a vivid space/rocket fan and I feel pretty calm during most launches
Crew dragon etc, but when starship took off i felt butterflies and close to euphoria, the butterflies soon turned into a stone in my stomach, not knowing the flight profile or anything really, the engines shut down one by one and finally the last one turned off, seeing those RCS thrusters pushing the nose down and the "wings" turning around, i felt so excited and it was truly falling in style, no drama, just hanging there in the blue skye, then it passed the cloud layer and i instantly felt that the sensation of how fast starship was actually going, and clouds weren't that high that day.
Excitement turned into worry and anticipation, just waiting to see it do something to avoid crashing into the ground, and what felt like the last second the first and second engine started to produce flames and gimballed to a degree I've never seen and just flipped that 15 story high grain silo around like it was nothing, it was amazing.
But as we all know, green flames is bad,
engine rich exhaust and kaboom.
It was beautiful, second time I got tears in my eyes.
Elon and SpaceX is truly delivering what elon said, something to be happy and excited about.
Thank you.
What a cool fricken comment dude.
I watch this every morning to get me out of bed, and excited about the future!!
🙂
Oh my gosh!!! So incredibly well done. The music just puts it over the top. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Tears of joy and excitement
Literal tears
And this is just the beginning
@@PsychoticWolfie exactly 🤙
@@CosmicPerspective you have to love the comment again as I edited the amd to and typo :)
The piano music is called "Claire du Lune" from Claude Debussy.
Thank you! It was driving me mad trying to place it!
That was a wonderful documentary. Well done !
Thank you!
Awesome to watch, and I hope we'll get the two hour version in 5 years or so :).
I wonder whether Dear Moon will be in the near future in 2026
@@AdamMansbridge This starship test was so spectacular. I'm really looking forward to the following tests. The first orbital test, the first moon mission. I can't wait!
Er ... The flight didn't last two hours!
@@paullangford8179 but in 5 years the starship program will have progressed.
8:20 THAT MOMENT..
You guys smashed this. Absolutely beautifully put together and thank you, you encapsulated the excitement of those of us who are invested in watching this develop. Just a great job, stunningly shot, perfectly edited.
I love the shot of Elon walking around, inspecting his crashed Starship. There’s something quite hopeful about it, thinking that the next time... it will soar!
Me too. One of my favorite captures ever
This is art. In 10 years, when Starships fly every day, we will look back at this and be grateful for the beautiful documentation of how it all began.
That scene of Elon walking around the wreck... I love this guy.
"When something takes your breath away, you chase it." - Words to live by.
The footage, editing, sound, everything in this video is amazing! Thank you!
This is a purely emotional and inspirational video. I am 33 and I promise that I WILL be there all the way from INDIA with my little daughter to witness the first launch of humans/cargo to MARS. Thank you, Elon.
This is a love letter to Starship and the entire SpaceX team. Absolutely stunning!
Love this video! I’m a 63 year old man but my family don’t have the same passion I feel for Spacex. It’s not that they don’t care, it’s just the don’t get it. This is history in the making! This is epic but nobody around me feels the enormity of it. As long as I get it that’s all that matters. I’m going to Mars when I’m ninety.
Definitely
That short sequence from 2:47 looks surreal, almost like an animation. Amazing capture (perfect lighting and framing)!
Beautifully captured. I hope you continue to document this. Very inspiring.
i don't think we would have it any other way
I've been away from my family and I've been spending a few days kind of lonely recovering from a surgery and I'll probably only be able to visit mom on January. This made me sob, because being alone and in physical discomfort has made me think about why we're even still struggling to survive in a reality which does not seem to have any purpose. But when I see these people excited and so many people going beyond what mankind has been able to achieve so far, it makes want to keep moving forward towards an exciting future. Thank you guys for doing this.
Get well soon Saulo. thank you for the comment.
The clarity of the video was impeded by my teary eyes!
Ohh myyy gooood, I am speechless. No I'm not crying, I just cut some onions 🥺🥰
This was so amazing. Even tho I saw the live stream here from Sweden, I think I held my breath for almost 12 minutes now 😂👍 Your passion and storytelling is so inspirational. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Keep it up ❤️
The epic music in combination with the overwhelming crackeling roar of the engines gives me goosebumps
I come back to this video to remember how far SpaceX has come - its Feb 2024 as we wait for Starship's full 3rd flight !! What an incredibly inspiring video!
It's just beatiful to think that hounderds or thousand workers actualy turned a steel rings into something that inspired a future generation like me. I will tell my kids about Sn8 when I grow up and to never forget this moment when the "grain silo" lifted of.
Noone learns from failures like Spacex does.
It's right out of a Ray Bradbury story. One morning you get up to watch the sunrise and there's a giant silver rocket standing on the horizon.
Holy moly! That brought goosebumps on the back of my neck. Amazing. Greetings from Bedford, UK.
Hi Andy! Thanks!
Hello from Russia
ALL the goose bumps. Beautifully captured, thank you so much!
Man. Guys. The feels. Thanks for this.
I still remembered the first time I see SN8 flight and do maneuver. It maked me goosebumps and I think this is future of mankind. It's really so so impressive.
This is utterly glorious. Thank you @Cosmic Perspective, this is exactly the sort of contemplative, cinematic film making that the spirit and story of SN8 demanded. I thought I'd seen every camera angle out there from the combined Padre/NSF/RGV streams, but you found some unbelievable new visuals, and the night shot of the SN8 wreckage was just masterful. This is the first time I've ever commented on a TH-cam video but, my God, you've earned it...
Thank you for that, means a lot. It's been unbelievable here... Hat tip to Tim for that night shot at the end. I'd like to say we planned that ISS transit but it was completely by chance. The framing was perfect. meant to be.,
@@CosmicPerspective It absolutely was meant to be! I'd still be claiming it and walking off with the cinematography award if I were you though....
What a great short film. Thanks SPadre and EDA. Keep it up.
This is beyond high quality. Good job!
Thank you
That... Was... AWESOME!!!!!!
You made one of the most fascinating and fantastic things I have ever seen into something beautiful as well. Thank you!
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the engineerings who made this beauty. 🚀🚀🤞
I remember the absolute terror of putting together my daughters Barbie Dream House and the freaking two hours it took LOL. The face that people can make this sort of technology is something I will never be able grasp. But I bet those engineers, welders, crane operators all involved feel a sense of pride watching this
So awesome!!! Love this inspiring video!
I have to edit this comment: this video is so emotional I almost cried.
Love the moment in the film at 7:55 of a child on the beach watching and jumping with excitement; cut to Tim Dodd jumping with the same excitement. It captures so powerfully how inspiration can fuel our hopes and dreams at any age. I was jumping too.
I was jumping up and down the whole flight. I rewatched it, from every angle the night of the flight just thinking about how crazy what I just witnessed was. Really a magical feeling space flight can give you, and this video captures that perfectly.
Wow, this is beautiful. Great tone and chose of music 👍
Why am i crying? Why? Beautiful, just beautiful. The emotions. The feels. Awesome. This is content. This is subject. This is film. Just made 2020 a whole lot better for all of us. I know Mars is the ultimate goal, but for the time being, 2021, here we come!
"When something takes your breath away, you pretty much chase it." So powerful. Thanks guys.
Finally! So many awesome shots in this one. really great work!
It is entirely possible that you have captured a very important moment in time and the view you have provided is unique and very human. Perfect.
失败是成功之母！Failure is the mother of success! 👍💪
Damn, this is very good. The culmination of dream stretching back from elon's mars greenhouse mission, von barun, korolev, and all the way back to the fist eyes that yearn for the stars.
Amazing movie. Work of art.
Each time people ask my why I'm so excited about all of this, I'll link them this video. This is an amazing mini documentary, thank you so much for creating this!
Godspeed SpaceX. Godspeed humanity. Preserve human consciousness. We will know why we did it , when we done it.
Casually saves this to my favorites folder. Wow.
Love it when you showed the Everyday Astronaut's enthusiasm lol
"When something takes your breath away, you pretty much chase it."
So aptly put.
Wow, I cried at the beginning
Short film of the year..worthy of an Oscar.
Just amazing footage. You have to be proud of this one!
The music from 5:40 to 8:40 is unbelievably well chosen. In combination with the amazing footage, this gave me feelings I usually only have when I'm by myself at night, stargazing in the dark and trying to conceptualize existence. Thank you for doing this ❤️
Yeah, goosebumps
I was in tears, thank you so much.
Wonderful work
I missed falcon heavy test flight in 2018.
But in this f**ked up year, spacex have been a rare glimmer of hope and inspiration. We have had dragon IFA, DM2, crew 1, starship 150m hops and now the incredible, near-total success of starship. Keep it up spacex
Wow. Dang these onions again. Can I hit like twice please.
SN8, your sacrifice will go down in history far far beyond many generations to come. You truly were a sight to behold.
One monumental hop for mankind.
Absolutely AWESOME video guys! Congrats! Beautiful way to document this piece of history! It felt very moving to me.
The beauty of your film making has tears streaming down my face...............
Clair de Lune? Really? Lol Great job! Thanks. (Don't forget when it began it was BFR, Big Falcon Rocket, so yes it was supposed to be 'Falcons'. Haha)
Simply beautiful. Gene's audio had me crying. Thanks for existing. Love y'all.
Love this behind-the-scenes look at what happened down there. Awesome videos as always!
I must have watched this test launch more than 10 times now. It just doesn’t get old.
Never gets old
Great video. I feel so fortunate to be alive during this time.
What a beautifully made film. On December 9th we all witnessed a breathtaking, unique aerial feat never seen before which many people insisted was doomed to a fiery, humiliating failure because the very idea of it was sheer lunacy. It was an extraordinary, joyous experience watching space history being made. Your film is not only a wonderful momento of a wonderful day, but also gives us all such a strong sense of what the SpaceX arrival in Boca Chica has meant to their neighbouring community.
Thanks Pete
I am a grown man and this made me cry.
Spending sleepless nights (was watching in India time) waiting for SN8 to belly flop and the exuberance of the event.. and now this..🥲 Nothing but tears of joy to see humankind master the physical and emotional. Great job guys..!! 👌👍👏🙏
that was beautiful. brought a tear to my eye. thank you so much
This video still gives me goosebumps every time
Beautiful guys, please tell me you've sent a link of this to Elon....
he'll see it one way or another, this is such a work of art itll 100% find its way to him or his twitter
He liked it in Twitter.
An elegant documentary about humanity's excitement to reach the stars! SpaceX and Starship were featured along with a lovely intro from Elon Musk.
The Best documentary of Starship beginning. Great work. It deserves a ticket to the Moon. Best regards 🚀
I was in he basement of Bldg 30 (Houston MCC) during Apollo 11 touchdown. This was every bit as inspiring and awesome. And this documentary does it perfect justice.
Thank you, guys. Your work is reaching all over the world
Thanks for watching!
never felt more alive...THIS DOCUMENTARY MEEEHHN!!!
Incredible film, got goosebumps at the launch half way through 😁😁🙏👍👍
Sooooooo beautiful. Thank you Marcus House for sending me here!
👍👍
Wow! Excellent short film! Great editing. I’m a sucker for great cinematic footage, good narrating, and emotional music. Makes me so inspired for SpaceX’s future!
Thanks
Absolutely brought tears to my eyes. You captured the spirit and heart of so many of us who can't be there in person - yet. SN8 will live on in this beautiful emotional memory of the greatness that is to come. Thank you and GO STARSHIP!
Man this gave me chills. This needs to blow up, so so beautiful. Nailed it.
Fantastic documentary! This deserves at least one award, Emmy, Oscar....! Please vote up 🙏