As Starship SN8 patiently awaits testing, signs of the future were on show at SpaceX Boca Chica - from the Orbital Launch Site to the outfitting of the NASA HLS mockup.

Video and Pictures from Mary (@BocaChicaGal). Edited by Jack Beyer (@TheJackBeyer)

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0:00 - SN11 Mid Lox Stack Moved into Mid Bay
0:49 - Lunar Starship Mockup Cone Moved to New Stand
1:25 - Sunrise Over SN8
3:16 - High Bay Work
3:34 - Stainless Steel Moved to Build Site
4:05 - Launch Site
4:23 - SN8
4:50 - Suborbital Pad B Construction
6:12 - Suborbital Pads A and B
7:44 - Birbs and Starhopper
8:16 - Orbital Pad and New Tent
9:10 - Launch Site
9:38 - Boca Chica Beach
11:14 - HLS Mockup Nosecone
12:25 - Scrapped Dome and CH4 Header Tank
13:15 - SN11 Stacking in Mid Bay
13:44 - Windbreak and ‘Cone Zone