Lifting the largest rocket ever built

Super Heavy Booster 4 being crane-lifted onto the orbital launch mount at Starbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRZDE4RT_A

Days before the first full stack, SpaceX used a heavy lift crane to place Super Heavy Booster 4 onto the orbital launch mount — then the largest rocket stage ever built, carrying dozens of Raptor engines.

Getting the booster onto the pad was a prerequisite for stacking Starship and testing the integrated vehicle height and hardware interfaces.

Friday August 6th 2021