Axiom 4 private crew mission. Crew Dragon C213 is the 5th Crew Dragon to be built, and is yet to be named by the Axiom 4 crew. New Crew Dragons are named by the 1st passengers they carry.
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Ship 37 is currently in Megabay 2, along with many other waiting Starship upper stage prototypes. It looks like it will be Ship 37 and Booster 16 for IFT-10, pending the repairs on Massey's test site.
(screenshot from #MarcusHouse video, from RGVaerialphotography)
Elon's SpaceX Starship:
V2-3 Starship booster. The larger holding tank for landing propellant eliminates the need for a disposable hot-staging ring. The next gen Starship booster can land entirely intact.
Along with a permanent reusable hot staging section, the next gen booster has three gridfins, instead of four gridfins present on the V1 booster.
Also, since the next gen booster will have Raptor 3s (cryogenic cooling on the outside, as well as internally), it will need much less heavy heat shielding than V1. Raptor 3 also generates much more thrust that Raptor 2, so the next gen booster and V3 upper stage will have more propellant. And a greater payload, aiming for 200+ metric tons fully reusable.
From #MarcusHouse video.
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Elon's SpaceX Starship:
V1 Starship booster. Note the much smaller landing propellant tank at the bottom, and the disposable hot staging ring.
Currently, the V1 boosters can launch and land reliably. If Starship had a much simpler expendable upper stage, it could actually do Apollo-sized Moon missions every month (300+ metric tons with reusable booster and expendable upper stage).
From #MarcusHouse video.
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