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[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy’s side boosters landed on LZ-2 and LZ-40

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy’s side boosters landed on LZ-2 and LZ-40

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

Let’s go🚀

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is about to send one of humanity’s most powerful eyes on the universe into deep space

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch

Roman experts just gave an overview of what this next-generation observatory is built to discover

Roman will:
• Investigate dark energy and dark matter
• Map billions of galaxies
• Discover and study exoplanets
• Observe black holes and the evolution of the universe
• Capture Hubble-like detail across a field of view at least 100× larger

And now the telescope is sitting on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at Pad 39A

Target launch → August 30 at 7:26 AM EDT
Destination → Sun-Earth L2, about 1 million miles from Earth

NASA and SpaceX have officially declared Roman “go” for launch 🚀

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

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[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy in the hangar at pad 39A in Florida ahead of Sunday’s launch of @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

Heavy lift for big science

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Full duration 33-engine static fire with the Super Heavy booster preparing for Flight 14

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

Dark energy, here we come

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy rolled out to the launch pad at 39A for @NASA’s Roman Space Telescope mission early this morning

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

Roman is going to be epic
@SpaceX

[InnovatorMaximus 🚀 @InnovatorMhdw]

Let’s Go!!!🚀🚀

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy is vertical at pad 39A in Florida ahead of Sunday’s launch of @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to study dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics → https://t.co/oacS4jED83

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[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Introducing Starbase, Louisiana – a high-cadence launch site that will enable Starship to open a pathway to the stars for humanity.

Thank you to @LAGovJeffLandry and the great people of Louisiana for all of their support as we work together on this audacious project → https://t.co/zGKVOGSxfW

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@Teslaconomics Try it out. If Grok Bot messes up, we will make you whole.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@DrPhiltill It’s a great location for a wide range of azimuths

[Jack Kuhr @JackKuhr]

Crucially, Pecan Island is ~30 miles away from the nearest town and 50 miles from a major city.

Starship is insanely loud:
- At 5 miles out, my wife had to cover her ears
- At 12 miles, it sounds like a table saw (good BYU study on this)
- At 20 miles, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner (BYU study)
- At 30 miles out, dissipates even further, prob still noticeable but more distant

For comparison:
- Boca Chica: 5 miles from South Padre Island (major vacation hub). And 15 miles away from Brownsville (major city). Starship launches are quite disruptive to the city.

- Cape: 15 miles away from Titusville, Cocoa, Cape Canaveral. 50 miles from Orlando.

Eventually, particularly in Brownsville, community pushback will cap cadence. For SpaceX to get to 30+ launches a day, this is the way.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@JackKuhr 🎯

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

True

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[McDonald's @McDonalds]

Red Bull® and McD’s galaxies have officially collided