7 years after John F. Kennedy's famous "We Choose To Go To the Moon" speech, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin began the final descent toward the lunar surface. Apollo 11 was the culmination of countless hours worked and several missions testing what is possible, but it was also just the first step in humanity's exploration of worlds beyond our own. If you like to help support future videos: https://www.patreon.com/C_Bass3d Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Bass3d Music Used: Deliverance - Tony Anderson Dark Skies - David A. Molina Special Thanks to my Patrons: John Barlow Marcus House Grace ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuDsX8atSUk

I'll never really look at this engine the same way again. This video is an extremely simplified cutaway of SpaceX's Raptor engine, currently in use powering the company's Starship prototypes. Even the simplified diagram really shows the level of engineering that goes into starting just one of these engines, and that really puts the engineering challenges of starting 28 of these on a Super Heavy Booster into perspective. If you like to help support future videos: https://www.patreon.com/C_Bass3d Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Bass3d Special Thanks to my Patrons: John Barlow Marcus House NSS North Houston Space Society Music Used: "Esam" from Filmstro Raptor Startup Sequence: -Several minutes before ignition, cryogenic fuel is run through the engine to avoid thermal shocks at startup. -High pressure gas spins up both the Methane Turbopump and the Oxygen Turbopump. -Cryogenic methane flows through the walls of the nozzle and combustion chamber to keep the engine from melting. -After flowing through the nozzle, the methane is mixed with a small amount of liquid oxygen in the Fuel-Rich Preburner. -A small amount of liquid methane is also mixed with the oxygen in the Oxygen-Rich Preburner. -Both preburners ignite. -Exhaust from the preburners spin turbines that now power the turbopumps. -The exhaust from the Fuel-Rich Preburner consists of hot methane gas. -The exhaust from the Oxygen-Rich Preburner consists of hot oxygen gas. -Both gases enter the combustion chamber and mix through Coaxial Swirl Injectors. -The main chamber ignites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCwN00ozWa8

With the first Starship orbital flight attempt scheduled for early next year, we're now starting to look forward to one of the wildest parts of the Starship program to date: catching the Super Heavy booster instead of using landing legs. Very little is known about the exact catch sequence, so I decided to animate how I think it may look. The actual first catch attempt will likely be on the second or third launch attempt, so the booster is shown as the upgraded 33-engine version. If you like to help support future videos: https://www.patreon.com/C_Bass3d Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Bass3d Special Thanks to my Patrons: John Barlow Marcus House Grace Music Used: "Major Incursion" from Filmstro ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gLbV07eVls

A little experiment based on the 150 hop of SpaceX's Starship SN6. Get closer to the liftoff and landing than anybody will ever be. If you like to help support future videos: https://www.patreon.com/C_Bass3d Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Bass3d Special Thanks to my Patrons: John Barlow Marcus House Cường Nguyễn ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_poU7A9LYwQ