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Elon Musk showed how the giant robot Mechazilla mounted the Starship spacecraft on the Super Heavy rocket

By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 25.10.2022, 12:23

Elon Musk published a short video showing the installation of the Starship on the Super Heavy rocket.

Here's What We Know

The installation of the spaceship was done using a huge tower with a mechanized arm. It was called Mechazilla. The video shows how a giant robot lifted Starship and secured it to the Super Heavy.

Launch and catch tower stacking Starship at Starbase pic.twitter.com/KOpX8tZMHh
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 21, 2022

It's worth noting that the video has been sped up. It actually takes longer than 25 seconds to put the spacecraft on the launch vehicle.

The company SpaceX first showed in action a robot Mechazilla back in the summer of this year. At that time, the 140-meter tower was able to lift the Super Heavy Booster 7 rocket with 33 Raptor 2 engines.

Source: @elonmusk

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