SpaceX Starship Short Film | O.F.T (Orbital Flight Test)

As an employee here at Star Base. This was an awesome video, and I appreciated it.

I love how this film quite literally predicted what would happen on IFT 3! Superheated made it back (though it hit the water going 1200 km/h) and Starship broke up in the atmosphere! Absolutely amazing!

As a SpaceX employee, sometimes you get lost on the day to day stuff, sometimes stress takes over. But from time to time I zoom out and reset, remind myself about the overall mission. Animations like this one help a lot, help me and a lot of my coworkers to stay inspired. Thanks for the video! It is amazing.

This is exactly what happened on OFT 3. RIP ship 28 and booster 10

Mind blown! 🥲

My six year old daughter with a rather short attention span sat on my knee and watched the whole thing, asking questions throughout. And that never happens. So thank you for that ❤ Lets hope her generation is as inspired as I was growing up the 80s and following the space race. Stellar effort folks!

8:35 the little detail of that one engine to the left turning green and failing to light really make this top notch

After seeing the actual launch it is even more impressive how acurate this looks

I didn't expect to feel as emotional as I did. I got chills during the booster reentry/catch. And I nearly cried during the Ship 24 reentry. Seeing that caught me by surprise. This is hands-down the best Starship animation I have ever seen. A superb masterpiece. Well done all!

The slow build up to zoom into S25. Gave me the same chills as when SpaceX concluded SN8 recap with SN9

The amount of precision required for 10:47 is going to be possibly even more nail-biting to watch than the launch itself.

Never thought I'd shed a tear for the destruction of a flying grain silo

Special respect for animating the destruction of S24 (which nearly got me crying). Any unplanned event helps us ensure the safety of all future flights. Godspeed Starship

The detail on this is unreal! The raptor engine failing at 8:36 is such an amazing little feature!

I'm guessing that's what happened during re-entry from yesterday launch. I hope they gain valuable data for next flight. Can't wait!

Best Starship animation ever.

This was so incredibly well produced it felt like a short movie rather than a long animation. I had goosebumps almost the whole time watching this, and even got a bit emotional at the end. Watching Starship evolve from a flying grainsilo to the monster it is today has been one of the best experiences of my life. I still vividly remember watching in awe as Starhopper hovered in the sky, watching the Labpadre stream as MK1’s top blew off, seeing how SN1 and SN3 folded under the sheer pressure of the Nitrogen inside them, and feeling absolute shock as SN4 experienced its RUD. I tuned into every cryo test, WDR or static fire i possibly could. I remember the excitement as SN5 and SN6 performed their hops and landings. The stress when SN8 was just 1 pressure disk away from disaster. And then the absolute exhilaration as it finally took to the skies, performed a belly flop and managed to right itself and relight its engines before smashing into the ground in a ball of fire. I actually shouted encouragement at it through my screen as it climbed ever higher. Then a few months later SN9 met its end after a beautiful flight, leaning to the very end. I couldn’t believe my eyes when the dust cleared and SN10 stood tall on the landing path a few months after that. I could believe them even less when it exploded anyway just minutes later. I remember how disappointed we all were when SN11 disintegrated in the mist. And then finally, the sheer excitement for the future, for spaceflight, for humanity i felt when SN15 stuck its landing. I was lost for words when SN20 and BN4 finally met eachother on the OLM, after watching them both aswell as the tower and the pad being built from scratch. Ever since then, i’ve been anticipating that first orbital flight. It always seemed just months away. But then B4S20 was retired, and along came B7S24. I saw that booster almost collapse when its downcommer failed, and then again as the air under it blew up. Months and months went by, the FAA environmental report was released, and the launch seemed to always be so close yet so far away. And now it’s finally almost time. The OTF is going to change spaceflight forever I want to thank each and every animator, photographer and tankwatcher who had a hand in creating this masterpiece. You all outdid yourselves on this one. Here’s to the OTF, to you guys, and to our future as a spacefaring civilisation. Bring it on, Starship!!!

SpaceX should hire you & everyone involved as their official animations team if possible. Truly outstanding work. Being able to show all these details is mind-blowing. Keep up the great work all! Thanks to Ryan for bringing such talented artists together to produce this masterpiece. Like & share everyone! 🚀

Just left STARBASE this past week to see Starship 24 had just been transported to OLP and Super Heavy 7 was sitting there waiting to be topped off. It was a beautiful sight knowing all the 24/7 work the Space X team has put into this for years and we are almost ready to fly. Then this animation comes out. It moved me to tears!

After a couple of minutes, I had to pause and connect a proper headset. Just knew this shouldn't be watched with laptop speakers. As a VFX Producer I have an idea of the hours spent. Great work! Thank you.