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Marcus House video highlights: Crush panel for Chopsticks. This serves the same purpose as the crush cores of the Falcon 9's landing legs. If the force is excessive, the panel crush absorbs that force to protect the booster.

Current status of Starbase, TX right now.

B14.1 removed from OLM 1 after slap catch test with Chopsticks. Crane attached to Ship QD.

B14.1 test tank undergoes booster catch slap testing with the OLM 1 Chopsticks.

Everyday Astronaut video highlights: New Glenn booster engine section. With landing legs and tan colored heat shield blankets.

A closer look at how the landing legs are deployed.

Everyday Astronaut video highlights: New Glenn expendable upper stage hydrogen (LH2) tank. New Glenn is 7 meters in diameter in both stages. The first stage is a reusable methalox stage. There are 2 versions of the upper stage, expendable and reusable. The upper stage is hydrolox.

WAI video highlights: Ablative heatshield of a Dragon spacecraft. Note the trunk interfaces are actually wooden ablative plugs.

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