Starship Ship Catch — Shamus Johnson

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SpaceX · Q3 2026 Results Broadcast · 2026

Ship Catch

Client

SpaceX

Direction

Art Direction · Animation · Rendering · Compositing

Software

Cinema 4D · Octane · After Effects

Process

A ship-catch animation created for SpaceX, following Starship from a drone looking up through the launch tower, across Starbase, through its fall back to Earth, and into the moment the tower's chopsticks close around it. The animation was featured during the Q3 2026 Financial and Operational Results broadcast on X, and was issued to announce Flight 15 via the SpaceX 𝕏 account.

01 — Ship Catch

Looking Up — Starship Ship Catch — 02 — Looking Up

The Tower — Starship Ship Catch — 03 — The Tower

Starbase — Starship Ship Catch — 04 — Starbase

Descent — Starship Ship Catch — 05 — Descent

Final Approach — Starship Ship Catch — 06 — Final Approach

Horizon — Starship Ship Catch — 07 — Horizon

Chopsticks — Starship Ship Catch — 08 — Chopsticks

Caught — Starship Ship Catch — 09 — Caught

Credits

Shamus Johnson

Everything else

PILOTPRIEST

Music — “The Beast”

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