The tweet archive.

“This is a real video of a past @SpaceX Starship water landing. Trying again tomorrow. We need to perfect ship reentry at extreme temperatures before attempting to catch the ship with the tower arms, like the booster. https://t.co/tss9Lb4fWr”

“Staging is so hot rn [@SpaceX] Super Heavy booster going from hot-staging to tower catch on Starship's seventh flight test )”

“The Starship launch tower that catches the giant rocket booster is basically Mechazilla”

“Best part is no part [@SpaceX] They’ll also be used for vehicle lift and catch, made possible by a new catch point addition and a lower positioning on the booster to align with the tower catch arms. Moving lower reduces the heat they receive from Starship’s engines at hot-staging and places the fin shaft,”

“Lot to learn on this flight [@PettitFrontier] SpaceX’s mission profile for Starship Flight 8. It will be eventful. Booster catch, Starlink deployment, in-space engine relight, entry & flip. I called @astro_Pettit and we’re optimistic the ISS will have brief in-flight visibility. And I will be at Starbase. Let’s do this. )”

“The objectives for Starship Flight 6 are: 1. Restart of Raptor engines in vacuum. 2. Daylight landing of the ship. 3. Higher peak heating (steeper) reentry. 4. Faster/harder booster catch. There are thousands of small design changes also being tested.”

“Starship Super Heavy Booster held at catch height https://t.co/4Y2Xp2XtG7”

“RT @ElonClipsX: Elon Musk: When I first suggested catching Starship's booster, people thought I lost my mind. “If you can move mass [from…”

“Starship is the first ever rocket design capable of making life multiplanetary. Becoming multiplanetary is a milestone that, if achieved, would fit in the top 10 biggest events in the evolution of life. And it would greatly extend the lifespan of civilization, enabling a far… [@cb_doge] For the first time ever, there is a rocket capable of establishing a permanent base on Mars. )”

“Well done, @SpaceX team, on a record year! We grow ever closer to the Moon and Mars. [@SpaceX] Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for completing 165 Falcon launches and five Starship flight tests this year, all continuing to help pave the way to making life multiplanetary!”

“@PPathole @arstechnica @SciGuySpace If 2021 manifest is met, SpaceX will do ~75% of total Earth payload to orbit with Falcon. A single Starship is designed to do in a day what all rockets on Earth currently do in a year. Even so, ~1000 Starships will take ~20 years to build a self-sustaining city on Mars.”

“@WholeMarsBlog @NASASpaceflight @BBCAmos There is a reason no fully reusable orbital rocket has been built – it’s an insanely hard problem. Moreover, it must be rapidly & completely reusable (like an airplane). This is the only way to make life multiplanetary. Efficiencies of scale is why Starship is so large.”

“@peterrhague It’s designed to make life multiplanetary, otherwise extreme overkill for mere Earth sector activity! Starship fleet mass to orbit per year will be more than 1000 times all current Earth rockets combined, including Falcon. Necessary, for a city on Mars.”

“RT @KanekoaTheGreat: Joe Rogan and Lex Fridman watch SpaceX successfully catch Spaceship's booster rocket. "Fuck yeah. That is so fuckin b…”

“RT @SawyerMerritt: X is offering a trip to Mars on @SpaceX's Starship rocket if you get a perfect March Madness bracket, or, alternatively,…”

“@ludan27 @Erdayastronaut @JeromeJaccard @Robotbeat @alan1bernard Yes, but single stage to orbit with no payload is pointless. Add Super Heavy rocket booster & orbital payload is gigantic. Only need booster on Earth, due to deep gravity well & thick atmosphere. Starship alone on moons & Mars.”

“Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings may start as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more likely. [@Teslaconomics] Happy 23rd Anniversary to @SpaceX! Founded on March 14, 2002, and still pushing the limits of what’s possible, here’s to the next chapter of making life multi-planetary!”

“Mars is The New World [@teslaownersSV] The Starship will extend life beyond earth. The first ever designed rocket to go to Mars. )”

“😂 [@iam_smx] Tesla Optimus robots, after learning that Elon Musk will power them with super-advanced Grok AI and send them to Mars on the world’s most powerful rocket, Starship.”

“SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years. If we encounter challenges, then the crewed missions will be postponed another two years. It is only possible to travel from…”

“Wouldn’t it be amazing if anyone who wanted to experience the wonder of space, the Moon or Mars could do so? [@SpaceX] For the first time in our existence, we possess the means, technology, and, for the moment, the will to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Starship is designed to make this future a reality → http://spacex.com/updates/#moon-and-beyond”

“SpaceX might exceed 90% of all Earth payload to orbit later this year. Once Starship is launching at high rate, probably >99%. Has to be or we can’t build a city on Mars or base on moon. We file almost no patents, so nothing stopping competition from copying us.”

“Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on 𝕏 [@SpaceX] Starship completed a long duration six-engine static fire and is undergoing final preparations for the ninth flight test”

“Yes [@teslaownersSV] Starship was the first ever fully designed rocket to get us to Mars. It’ll be the vehicle to get it done. Grok imagine made this come to life.”

“🚀🚀 [@palladiummag] Starship, the biggest rocket ever built will not just transform our current space and satellite industry, but power human civilization all the way to Mars. The time has come to settle a second planet. Read the new article by @CJHandmer (link below!): )”

“@Kristennetten @SpaceX I think we should try to catch the booster with the mechazilla arms next flight!”

“Great progress by Starship Cape team. Started several months behind, but catching up fast. This will be a super fun race to orbit, moon & Mars!”

“@flcnhvy @arstechnica @SciGuySpace SpaceX will be landing Starships on Mars well before 2030. The really hard threshold is making Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining.”

“@Tesmanian_com The magnitude of the Starship program is not widely appreciated. It is designed to extend life to Mars (and the moon), which requires ~1000 times more payload to orbit than all current Earth rockets combined.”

“@flcnhvy Good grief! SpaceX is getting zero money for this. Starship is designed to carry people & cargo around Earth (also to moon & Mars). Vast majority of use will be civilian. It’s just like an airline in space. All airlines sometimes carry military cargo, but ~99% is civilian.”

“RT @SpaceX: The second successful catch of the Super Heavy booster https://t.co/FanOyDoE8Z”

“@nextspaceflight Stage Zero, which is everything needed to launch & catch the rocket, is at least as hard as the booster or ship”

“RT @Teslaconomics: I can’t wait to get a ride on SpaceX’s Starship to Mars before I die… https://t.co/u0q6TZ2997”

“@ashleevance If things go well, SpaceX will put about 50% more tonnage in orbit this year using Falcon, which would be above 90% market share. Once Starship is in full swing building a city on Mars, it will do ~99% of all payload to orbit & beyond, as that objective requires about a megaton…”

“@ID_AA_Carmack @SpaceX Starship will have a small spin on the way to Mars. Even a tiny gravity vector is better than none.”

“@Erdayastronaut @Blamblas @latimes @SpaceX @blueorigin Exactly. Mars propellant production will combine atmospheric CO2 & water (ice) to make CH4 (methane) & O2. Will do same on Earth long-term. Short-term, each Falcon flight uses roughly same fuel mass as a 747 flight. Falcon is ~71% oxygen & Starship is ~78%, so mostly not fuel.”

“RT @Gwynne_Shotwell: Get on board! We are going to Mars! SpaceX is now offering Starship services to the red planet. We’re excited to work…”

“@EPavlic @SpaceX @teslaownersSV @DJpowers69 @NASAMars @TheMarsSociety @WholeMarsBlog @DimaZeniuk @AIXBird @Rainmaker1973 @StarshipGazer We will be there one day”

“RT @SciGuySpace: With Elon Musk focusing back on SpaceX, I spoke with him this afternoon about the path forward. https://t.co/7tkxdhtoZx https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/elon-musk-turns-his-focus-back-to-space-says-starship-and-mars-matter-most/”

“RT @MarioNawfal: 🇺🇸 HOW ELON WANTS TO TURN STARSHIP INTO A MARS TAXI Starship launches with a Super Heavy booster drops it then refuels wi…”

“SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and, much more importantly, made the reuse economically viable. Making life multiplanetary is fundamentally a cost per ton to Mars problem. It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface…”

“RT @teslaownersSV: Starship the first ever designed rocket to get us to Mars. https://t.co/bRgAvw7NM8”

“RT @luismbat: Just tested Grok 4’s physics simulation skills. Uploaded a screenshot from SpaceX’s keynote showing Starship’s Earth→Mars orb…”

“RT @ElonClipsX: Elon Musk: Starship is next-level. It's the first rocket that can take us to Mars. “Starship is the most complex and advan…”

“@SPEXcast @SciGuySpace What’s amazing is how non-linear the effect of gravity is. Starship can travel by itself from surface of Mars to surface of Earth, but requires massive booster on Earth with orbital refilling to get to Mars, which is ~38% of Earth gravity.”

“RT @teslaownersSV: Starship = Hope Starship Reusable rockets will take us to Mars and make us multi planetary https://t.co/4J66AChCaX”

“RT @TurkeyBeaver: Watch a Falcon launch now as an appetizer for @elonmusk mars talk and starship later today!!! Go @SpaceX!!!”

“RT @teslaownersSV: Starship = Hope. We get closer to Mars with each new flight test. SpaceX is iterating at an insane rate but this is th…”

“RT @SpaceDavenport: Starship will be able to do both the Moon and Mars. The destination, as I wrote in Rocket Dreams, doesn't matter as muc…”

“RT @teslaownersSV: Engineering is magic Starship is the first ever rocket designed to take us to Mars. https://t.co/SZ8GG6g9xK”