“Rocket fairing almost ready for deployment test in vacuum chamber. Man lift on right for scale http://t.co/BLOTThWFvw”
The tweet archive.
15 years of Elon, fully searchable. The production archive uses Supabase as the source of truth, with 94,952 indexed tweets available in development as a full-archive fallback and a curated annotation layer for context, theory, and how major claims aged.
“@EcoHeliGuy Rocket was suddenly slammed sideways right before landing. Heavy gust or something malfunctioned onboard. Reviewing telemetry.”
“View of Grasshopper test rocket from the water tower. Note SUV and person nearby for sense of size. http://t.co/r9yuTRGL”
“Next Grasshopper rocket test is called the Johnny Cash Hover Slam (yeah baby!). Might be our first smoking crater...”
“Dragon spaceship and Falcon 9 rocket just completed final assembly at Cape Canaveral http://t.co/4GrSr3VU”
“First flight of 10 story tall Grasshopper rocket using closed loop thrust vector & throttle control http://t.co/NH24BQMH http://yfrog.us/f362mloybjbosdefkdeoytqsz”
“@Some1gee @Erdayastronaut @13ericralph31 @HarryStoltz1 @flcnhvy It’s a factor. Main reason is that FFSC is the ultimate architecture for converting propellant into rocket velocity.”
“Flight computer aborted rocket hold down firing. Anomaly addressed. Cycling systems to countdown http://t.co/iUi4XdQ3”
“Just completed full mission duration firing of next gen Falcon 9 booster. V proud of the boost stage team for overcoming many tough issues.”
“Cowboy riding the rocket no problemo http://t.co/YZdNpwX3”
“@rune_ea @Erdayastronaut @DJSnM @torybruno @lrocket Exactly”
“Single camera view of the 40 meter rocket hover http://t.co/Zlh7xC7T http://youtu.be/Zz-NYeH-CEY”
“@FedorovMykhailo Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.”
“First test flight hop of our Grasshopper VTVL rocket! http://t.co/oomI5vSB http://yfrog.us/0wusutopshpepnbpmodbgnosz”
“@NASA launched a rocket into the northern lights http://t.co/tR2cSeMV”
“Given the terrible flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, @Starlink will donate 1000 terminals to emergency responders and make usage for all terminals in the region free until the region has recovered. I hope the best for the people of Brazil. https://t.co/NK6kjz7Iag”
“The gas generator is a small rocket engine that powers the turbopump, which produces 7000 horsepower & weighs 160 lbs”
“@dannysparker Aiming for relaunch in 3 to 4 months, pending detailed examination and 10X refiring of a returned booster”
“What it feels like to ride a rocket http://t.co/b5vhLvqg http://youtu.be/nUV6oqCFrFU”
“In support of the people of Venezuela 🇻🇪 [@Starlink] Starlink is providing free broadband service to the people of Venezuela through February 3, ensuring continued connectivity.”
“@ninoles @medickinson @thephysicsgirl Using “rocket science” non-ironically in a bio is never a good sign, especially if you work on 🚀🔬”
“Starlinks with “lasers” deployed to orbit https://t.co/Y1eg9gl7sJ”
“Will do another static fire of rocket to make sure all is good & AF needs to test ICBMs, so probable launch Sept 29/30.”
“@FifthRocket Did you read my tweets? I attacked it hard. Did not defend.”
“@ssBlueStockings @ninoles @medickinson @thephysicsgirl It’s cool for kids & if used in a fun way, but if you called yourself a “rocket scientist” in aerospace, they would think you’re 🙃”
“Apologies to those expecting Cybertruck deliveries in California over the next few days. We need to use those trucks as mobile base stations to provide power to Starlink Internet terminals in areas of LA without connectivity. A new truck will be delivered end of week.”
“@FBeuster There will be a combined booster static fire. Maybe a few.”
“@SchaFFFFFF Flight 24 is def capable of flying again, but it makes sense to apply ground delta qual to rocket w toughest entry conditions.”
“Simulations show launch ok with bad valve. Still, better to stop & fix. Recalling rockets after launch is not an option.”
“Starlink is now active in a Gaza hospital with the support of @UAEmediaoffice and @Israel”
“First Starlink v2 satellites reach orbit https://t.co/0l08568mJ9”
“Woohoo, rocket hold down firing completed and all looks good!!”
“Some Falcon landing shots https://t.co/yv4FJjHVNq”
“Will show Johnny Cash hover slam rocket video for the first time in about 15 mins. Test footage only 36 hrs old. #SXSW”
“Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint. Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.”
“Super excited to be in Brazil for launch of Starlink for 19,000 unconnected schools in rural areas & environmental monitoring of Amazon! 🇧🇷 🌳 🛰 ♥️”
“It has been 18 years since the first Falcon flight of Falcon 1 failed https://t.co/Ha6ynd8cry”
“Unmodified picture of the Falcon launch https://t.co/n9LHYLEiGb”
“@TobiasVdb The F9 booster can reach low orbit as a single stage if not carrying the upper stage and a heavy satellite.”
“Time lapse video of rocket roll out http://t.co/nuHKYrEH Now 3 hours 45 mins to lift off... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T1dfNoNV7k&feature=youtu.be”
“Congratulations to @OrbitalSciences! “@CNETNews: Orbital's Antares rocket makes successful test flight http://t.co/y7bwdDMGCi” http://cnet.co/17QCmKa”
“Falcon has landed https://t.co/7Lt1sfMs1H”
“The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free”
“Landing gear of the mega thrust propulsive landing rocket done (next gen Falcon). First hops soon. http://t.co/JwkynmfL http://img.ly/i5JQ”
“Starlink terminals will now work automatically without need for payment in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene”
“Dragon is docked with @Space_Station https://t.co/nrX1aDJsBz”
“Was misquoted by BBC as saying "Europe's rocket has no chance". Just said the [Franco-German] Ariane 5 has no chance, so go with Ariane 6.”
“@zerosixbravo @john_gilleran True, but that's a minor factor for rockets”
“Oh btw I’m building a cyborg dragon”
“@rocketrepreneur Meant to say 200 AR for production vac engine. Dev will be up to 150. Beyond that, too much flow separation in Earth atmos.”
