Starship Quick Disconnect Mechanism Installed | SpaceX Boca Chica

SpaceX installed the quick disconnect mechanism that will attach to Starship to load propellant prior to the orbital test flight. Meanwhile, the Wide Bay continues to rise as the Bigge crane gets its new boom.

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0:00 Sunrise Over the Launch Site
0:40 Ship Forward Dome Outside the Tents
1:09 New Jig Outside the Tents
1:49 Booster Quick Disconnect Hood
2:10 Crews Continue Working on Ship 21’s Thermal Tiles
3:42 Barrel Sections Outside the High Bay
4:08 The Wide Bay Continues to Rise
4:34 The Big Crane Rises with its New Jib
5:01 Transport Stand Moved at the Production Site
5:53 Crews Work on the Wide Bay Beams
7:39 Booster 5 in the High Bay
8:08 Ship Forward Dome Section Covered in Thermal Tiles
9:01 New Sections of the Wide Bay Erected
10:47 Work Continues on Ship 21 in the Mid Bay
11:54 Quick Disconnect Mechanism Installed Onto the Starship QD Arm
13:10 The Booster Quick Disconnect
13:56 Work Continues on the Chopsticks
14:17 Booster 4
15:04 Ship 20
15:30 Concrete is Torn Up at the Orbital Site
15:52 The B2.1 Test Tank on the Booster Test Stand
16:14 Work Continues on the Starship QD Arm
16:38 Crews Tie Rebar for a New Concrete Pour