[VIDEO] Elon Musk's SpaceX Lifting Gigantic, Heavyweight Starship 'SuperHeavy' In This Timelapse

SpaceX has lifted and transferred the heavyweight Starship SuperHeavy, which will be the "world's most powerful launch vehicle," to another area in a stunning time-lapse video. It is indeed amazing to see how they carry a 30 ft diameter body that is much taller than the regular Starship at 223 feet.

The timelapse video was shared on Twitter by Florida-based spaceflight photographer John Krauss on Friday, Aug. 21, and it already has more than 330,000 views as of this writing. Krauss said on his tweet: "Time lapses from today's lift of Falcon 9 B1049.6. Great showcase of humans for scale. Lots of cool things to spot here!" He then tagged @SpaceX and @elonmusk on the post.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied to Krauss and tweeted: "Starship/Super Heavy is ~10X bigger in mass & volume!" This made the 45-second video extra special as it made it look like lifting the spacecraft was easy.

However, the booster's vast size will require a dedicated assembly facility because SpaceX's existing VAB is far too small for the Super Heavy. SpaceX's contractor has started assembling the VAB since Jan. 15, and the facility was fully completed on Mar. 18, just about two months after.

On July 7, the installation of Super Heavy VAB has begun. To build an 80-meter high bay, SpaceX had to rent a commensurately-sized crane for weeks to assemble and check out the facility gradually. The company will assemble about 32 prefab sections to complete the new VAB. This would create a high bay almost identical to the Starship VAB, except for the height.

Based on the construction schedule, SpaceX could begin producing its first Super Heavy booster prototypes by September or October. Once completed, the super-heavy booster will launch the ship to orbit in space.

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Written by CJ Robles