Alex Rene Rodriguez

engineering is cool

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Soon!

Flight one of my 1:100 Starship Prototype will feature many experiments, including an attempted bellyflop, flip, and landing burn!

More details to come.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Teams recently completed build and acceptance testing of our 1,000th Merlin 1D engine for Falcon’s first stage! With Falcon’s reusability, recovering these engines has enabled continued reliability enhancements, making Merlin one of the most reliable rocket engines ever manufactured

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@StarwatchRv3 @smolship1 I once dropped an E12, I was so worried but it ended up being fine lol

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@smolship1 @StarwatchRv3 Makes me worry for my Starship flight. I will be using those exact motors.

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@ConnorRocketGuy Not sure, but I think the end goal is to have an upright propulsive landing!

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Starship 1 is complete! We are now waiting on the arrival of the F15 motors for launch!

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@Pav192099 The electronics are mostly reused from older projects, with the most expensive being the Arduino at around ~$20

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Finalizing the avionics for my Starship Prototype rocket!

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

An igniter test using the avionics, completely powered by a battery, was performed and successful!

This increases the likelihood of a successful landing burn on my Starship’s first flight.

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@embedrapp This rocket is very low power and should only go to an altitude of ~75 feet. The only point of concern for vibration is the landing impact, but by then the code will be “completed”.

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Starship avionics is complete! Now awaiting the arrival of motors for final checkouts.

[beabadoobee @beabad00bee]

Pylon, my fourth album, out september 18th 2026 ⚡️
Sun Has Set, the lead single is out now <3

made and written inbetween tours and on tour, i missed home, i missed how people were and im still learning to accept the confusion within the uncertainty of being away.

I hope you guys listen, enjoy, cry, scream and find your own meaning in Pylon when it's out :)
i love u i love the people i made this with
i love this album

cover by Samuel Burgess-Johnson
the trinkets on the cover were found from the bottom of the bag i take on tour 𐦍
https://t.co/mwgcVF1PVR

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@Jrey_dev I already have that, but not needed on this flight!

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Ship 1 is complete! The final step is assembling the flight computer.

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

Been working on something…

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@StarwatchRv3 That’s crazy, why couldn’t you fly the booster and ship together?

[TheSpaceEngineer @mcrs987]

Aligned the new footage in the talk that SpaceX just posted from onboard superheavy at the time of anomaly. Can clearly see large fragments

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@BrazosAerospace @eccorca I really like this design, very nice!

[NASA Aeronautics @NASAaero]

✈️ JUST IN: The X-59 has gone supersonic!

The X-59 achieved supersonic speeds for the first time ever today — a major milestone for NASA’s Quesst mission and an important step toward upcoming flights that will demonstrate its quiet supersonic technology ahead of future community overflights.

Fast now. Quiet soon. 🔊➡️🤫

Learn more: https://t.co/lpVA3qRxAj

#NASA #X59 #Quesst

[Alex Rene Rodriguez @AlexRod0003]

@starshipprojec @joebarnard I learned through YouTube. It’s not very difficult, especially if you follow a good tutorial. I followed a channel called HTM Workshop, with their KiCad tutorial.