“Shortly before the next flight, I will do a live technical update on Starship, going over progress to date and engineering/production/launch plans for the future. [@johnkrausphotos] New SpaceX website looks great!Lots of details on upcoming launches, not just the ones a day or two away. Awesome new Cape Canaveral Starship pad render, too. http://SpaceX.com”
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“Mini Starship with flame! https://t.co/VGKHyaikTd https://shop.spacex.com/collections/featured-products/products/starship-torch”
“Starship was made using zero AI. Future digital superintelligences would have to admit that it’s pretty good for a bunch of monkeys. [@SpaceX] Super Heavy hot-staging and boostback burn”
“First firing of Starship Raptor flight engine! So proud of great work by @SpaceX team!! https://t.co/S6aT7Jih4S”
“SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming. Will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2.”
“Today at SpaceX is about practicing Starship engine starts. Ship is held down by massive pins while engines are fired. Two starts completed, about to try a third.”
“World’s most advanced bakery [@SpaceX] Our fully automated bakery in Florida is setup to produce thousands of heat shield tiles per day to outfit the coming fleet of Starship vehicles”
“This is V2 Starship. V3 hopefully launches end of year. [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the launch site at Starbase for preflight testing”
“Absolutely [@fermatslibrary] SpaceX's Starship has the potential to accelerate astrophysics research by decades. In this week's paper, the authors highlight Starship's substantial payload capacity (+100t) and cost-effective launch model, could allow NASA to deploy next-generation space telescopes much”
“SpaceX will launch over 90% of all of Earth’s payload mass to orbit this year. China will be ~5% and rest of world, including rest of America, around 5%. When Starship is launching at high rate, SpaceX will probably carry >99% of Earth’s payload mass to orbit. This is… [@esherifftv] The FAA has released a draft environmental assessment to increase Falcon 9 launches at SLC-40 from 50 to 120 and to build a new landing zone at SLC-40.”
“Too many question marks about this flight and then we were 20 bar low on ground spin start pressure. Best to destack, inspect both stages and try again in a day or two. [@SpaceX] Standing down from today’s flight test attempt. Starship team is determining the next best available opportunity to fly)”
“Always on mission [@SERobinsonJr] The lobby of the SpaceX Starlink factory in Bastrop, Texas. The 'Earth to Mars' orbital transfer ellipse.”
“Congrats @SpaceX team and thank you @USSpaceForce! [@SpaceX] We’ve received approval to develop Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Construction has started. With three launch pads in Florida, Starship will be ready to support America’s national security and Artemis goals as the world’s… https://x.com/i/web/status/1995641577591767181”
“Getting closer to Starship launch! 🚀 [@SpaceX] Initial Super Heavy V3 and Starbase Pad 2 activation campaign complete, wrapping up several days of testing that loaded cryogenic fuel and oxidizer on a V3 vehicle for the first time. While the 10-engine static fire ended early due to a ground-side issue, we saw successful”
“Tracking to launch Starship mid August [@SpaceX] Starship single-engine static fire demonstrating an in-space burn complete on Pad 1 at Starbase”
“Explaining Starship [@SpaceX] SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Watch @ElonMusk and @Boca_Bill_R discuss SpaceX’s mission”
“We are honing in on the V3 Starship design. @SpaceX is tracking to a Starship launch rate of once a week in ~12 months. That will yield ~100 tons to @Starlink orbit with full reusability. Profound breakthrough. [@MarcusHouse] I'm not sure people really understand the ridiculous pace with SpaceX breaking new records almost every week. Can you imagine what it is going to be like with 2 (or soon even 3) Starship launch towers active!? 🚀 It's going to be nuts! Let's go! 🤯 https://youtu.be/ygwKEKu-6wg”
“So good to see the improved forward flaps [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the pad at Starbase ahead of its eighth flight test )”
“Starship 10 launching tonight [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 [@SecDuffyNASA] In 2027, we WILL return American astronauts to the Moon. We won yesterday's space race. We'll win today's space race against China, and we'll always win tomorrow's space race. @SpaceX's Starship test flight success moves us one step closer toward achieving that goal.”
“New SpaceX Starlink cover shows transfer orbit from Earth to Mars https://t.co/vwWeuhWCoP”
“Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure). Dawn arrives … https://t.co/SzyDSYUYOu”
“Starship lunar variant update [@SpaceX] Starship continues to simultaneously be the fastest path to returning humans to the surface of the Moon and a core enabler of the Artemis program’s goal to establish a permanent, sustainable presence on the lunar surface → http://spacex.com/updates/#moon-and-beyond”
“Starship launch in ~17 minutes! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's ninth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-9”
“HAL opened the pod bay doors ❤️ [@SpaceX] Open the pod bay door, HAL Starship deploying @Starlink simulator sats”
“Starship will also launch from Florida! [@SpaceX] Space Launch Complex 37 has a storied history in spaceflight, and will soon be part of launching Starship from Florida”
“The goal of @SpaceX is expansion of consciousness to the stars so that we may understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the Universe [@somefoundersalt] Remember SpaceX was publicly clear that its goal was Mars even before the first Falcon 9 even flew There should be even more companies driven by civilization-scale visions”
“Bring any photo to life in 15 seconds with @Grok Imagine! [@BigImpactHumans] Famous photograph of SpaceX engineers working on Starship, brought to life with Grok Imagine 🪄”
“Starship Flight 11 about to liftoff! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's eleventh flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11”
“Starship flight test 8 tomorrow evening [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's eighth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8)”
“This will be so awesome 🤩 [@tobyliiiiiiiiii] SpaceX is now shifting their priorities into building a Moon Base - doing so in less than a decade. This proposal from the ISU involves converting a Starship into a lunar base, Skylab-style. Starship’s ~1000m^ 3 of pressurized volume would result in a copious base.”
“🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 [@SpaceX] Liftoff of Super Heavy, the most powerful launch vehicle in history, on Starship’s tenth flight test”
“Just leaving SpaceX Starship build site in Boca https://t.co/Bqt40mSdX4”
“Great work by the SpaceX team!! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“Preparing to fire the Starship Raptor engine at @SpaceX Texas https://t.co/8JCOi1BG6z”
“@teslaownersSV SpaceX will be ready to launch Starship in a few weeks, then launch timing depends on FAA license approval. Assuming that takes a few weeks, first launch attempt will be near end of third week of April, aka …”
“Congrats to SpaceX for completing & documented the 57 items required by the FAA for Flight 2 of Starship! Worth noting that 6 of the 63 items refer to later flights. https://t.co/YlPg3ywCZE”
“Yes [@mark_k] Elon Musk just announced a major strategic pivot for @SpaceX: the company is officially shifting its primary focus to building a "self-growing city" on the Moon. The logic is centered on speed. While Mars missions are restricted by orbital alignments every 26 months, SpaceX can… https://x.com/i/web/status/2020780398372900902”
“Please send your resume to BuildStarship@spacex.com if you’re coming to the Starship career day in Boca Chica tomorrow”
“@SciGuySpace Provided there is no serious launch anomaly, SpaceX will deliver 80% of Earth’s payload to orbit this year. Not counting Starship.”
“SpaceX - Starship's Tenth Flight Test https://t.co/nclVnLjNmC https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“Just came across this pretty good CNBC piece on SpaceX & Starship https://t.co/RELYzC40M9 https://youtu.be/LgXtMtLdDxc”
“Starship technical update [@SpaceX] The seventh flight test of Starship ended before reaching its ambitious goals. Lessons learned are being applied to future vehicles to make them more reliable. A technical summary of the investigation can be found here → http://spacex.com/updates/#flight-7-report)”
“Attempting 10th flight test! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“@DimaZeniuk @SpaceX @SirineAti @captainarve @andst7 @WholeMarsBlog @EvasTeslaSPlaid @GailAlfarATX @JaneidyEve @TeslaAIBot @1stMarsColonist Will get bigger. Ship will probably stretch by another 10m or so.”
“@johnkrausphotos @SpaceX Starship Flight 3 hardware should be ready to fly in 3 to 4 weeks. There are three ships in final production in the high bay (as can be seen from the highway).”
“Good shot of @SpaceX Starship flight test vehicle being assembled in Boca Chica, Texas”
“@PPathole @SpaceX SpaceX team is doing great work! One day, the true measure of success will be that Starship flights are commonplace.”
“@hoppar_app @SpaceX @DJSnM @spacex360 @SpaceXStarship @StarshipGazer @NASASpaceflight @Erdayastronaut @MarcusHouse @FelixSchlang @ErcXspace Pretty close to what we’re aiming for”
“@PPathole @SpaceX Pattern on the Starlink router is orbital transfer ellipse from Earth to Mars”
