Nominal launch, booster landing, and Dragon spacecraft separation.

Source and direct quote: https://x.com/turkeybeaver/status/2020893520018416111

Also, It’s awesome to see Dragon 2 consistently launching from Pad 40. While the crew arm has come down at 39A for maintenance and to clear the way for Falcon Heavy and Starship, we’ll maintain the capability to call up Crew missions at 39A if needed.

@turkeybeaver is Kiko Dontchev, VP of launch at SpaceX.

The ability to “porpoise” a TBM seems like a pretty neat innovation.

2026-02-13:

• The FAA rule a FONSI (Finding Of No Significant Impact) on a proposal to expand Starship’s launch trajectories. (Avid Space, faa.gov 1, archive 1, ViX, faa.gov 2, archive 2, faa.gov 3, archive 3)
• Launch site: The boom of the new LR11000 crane is raised. (ViX)
• Pad 2 chopsticks are raised and lowered. (ViX)
• Build site: Inflatable Valentine’s decorations are observed in Starfactory. (Starship Gazer)
• Massey’s: Chopstick catch simulators are installed on the mystery structure, amongst other hardware. (NSF, ViX)
• Ram rings and rams are removed from the can crusher structure. (ViX)
• McGregor: R3.98 returns towards the test stand. (Rhin0)

I really think this is the best approach. Sex and reproduction are only taboo if you make them taboo.

Are lightsabers lasers or plasma?

Is that a real hamburger, or a hamburger-shaped pillow?

And in contrast to another launch earlier in the day, none of the SRBs sh*t themselves! :)

NASA webcast is live: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zCM-Kwq91cc

Hopefully she’ll be able to laugh about it one day, like Risitas.

Risitas - Las Paelleras

I guarantee you’ve sees this man before, even if you don’t know his name.

you know better

Given his inebriated state, I’m not sure that he does…

Amazon: The FCC says we have to launch half our constellation by next year. What rockets y’all got?

SpaceX: We’ll sell you as many Falcon 9 launches as you want!

Amazon: Haha, we wouldn’t buy launches from you unless our board forced us to! Any other offers?

Blue Origin: We have New Glenn, but it isn’t ready yet.

ULA: Best we can do is nine Atlas Vs. We have Vulcan too, but it isn’t ready yet.

Arianespace: Oui oui, nous avons une fusée pour vous.

Drrr, drrr.

LOL, this is totally me. I’m happily building a massive item sorter, but I haven’t vacuumed in weeks.

Sure thing, it’s yours now. Go get it :)

And on the left side, where the lowest branch is.

Excellent meme.

Can’t believe nozzle burn-through happened again though… c’mon Northrop Grumman, get your sh*t together!

burn through

Maybe not the best choice of words… :)

Yeah, glad to see that another group in addition to Axiom will get some experience on station before ISS retirement.

What incentive would SpaceX have to book these? They’re not really competing in the crewed LEO market, are they?

2026-02-12:

• McGregor: R-vac 98 departs from the test site, and R-vac 103 and 100 arrive for testing. (NSF, Rex_MKR 1, Rex_MKR 2, SpaceRhin0)
• Massey’s: Test tank 17 (B18.1) is lifted out of the can crusher structure. Both sets of rams are then removed from the base of the structure. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Avid Space, ViX 1, ViX 2, Golden, mymatrixplug)
• Build site: Another section of B20 (A4:4) enters Megabay 1, and is stacked. (Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB, Killip)
• S40 common dome enters Megabay 2. (Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB)
• Launch site: Counterweights are added to the tray of the new LR11000 crane, and the boom is further extended. (ViX)
• Killip comments on a recent photo from cnunez highlighting the new rams installed on Pad 2 chopsticks.