Mr Rocket🚀

Turning science fiction into reality from Mars to Al to sustainable energy

[Space Intelligence @SpaceIntel101]

When Heavy again?

[gtgraphics.de @gtgraphics_de]

Voyager 2, Uranus, 1986

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

100 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket 🚀

vs. today

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

The Beautiful Carina Nebula..

[Astronomy Vibes @AstronomyVibes]

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft traveled nearly 3 billion miles over nine years to capture this moment on Pluto 🤯

About 15 minutes after its historic flyby, New Horizons turned back toward Pluto and recorded a breathtaking near-sunset view.

The images reveal vast icy plains, towering mountains rising up to 11,000 feet, and delicate layers of atmospheric haze glowing in the fading sunlight. Taken from roughly 11,000 miles away, it showcases just how complex, dynamic, and astonishing Pluto’s surface truly is.

Via: #NASA

[Tesla Owners Silicon Valley @teslaownersSV]

ORBITAL REFUELING: THE KEY TECHNOLOGY FOR STARSHIP’S MULTIPLANETARY FUTURE

Orbital refueling—transferring cryogenic propellant (mostly liquid oxygen and methane) between two massive Starships in orbit—is the single most critical enabling technology for Starship to reach the Moon and Mars with meaningful payload.

Without it, Starship could only deliver limited cargo or crew; with successful ship-to-ship transfer, it unlocks fully reusable interplanetary missions, massive payloads (100+ tons to Mars), and the fleet cadence needed for a self-sustaining city.

This extreme operation involves:
•Two skyscraper-sized vehicles docking at ~17,500 mph in orbit.
•Transferring ~1,200 tons of super-cold propellants without boil-off or leaks.
•Demonstrating cryogenic fluid management in zero-g for the first time at this scale.
Success means:
•Moon landings — Starship HLS refueled in orbit for Artemis missions.
•Mars transit — Fully fueled Starships crossing the void with hundreds of tons of cargo/crew.
•Rapid reusability — Fewer tanker launches per mission, lower costs, higher flight rates.
•Multiplanetary breakthrough — The gate to humanity becoming a spacefaring species.
Every test (ground cryo demos, in-space fluid dynamics, upcoming ship-to-ship attempts) closes in on this milestone. Orbital refueling isn’t optional—it’s the technology that turns Starship from a powerful rocket into the vehicle that makes life multiplanetary.
🚀🛢️🔴

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Hearing people getting excited about some animated Firefly. So here's the original animated firefly from last year. And @FireflySpace is already working on a sequel.
(credit to @TheBrianMcManus for the original animated goodness)

[Philosophy Of Physics @PhilosophyOfPhy]

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.

- Nikola Tesla

[Aleix Roig @astrocatinfo]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘅𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 +𝟭𝟭𝟵𝗵: 𝗛𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 & 𝗜𝗙𝗡

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

This is the Sombrero Galaxy, suspended a staggering 31 million light-years away from your screen.

800 billion stars captured in one frame.

There is a supermassive black hole weighing 9 billion solar masses in the center of this.

[Stand Up For Trump @StandUpForTrmp]

🚨FACT: This man is an American hero.

Give me a Thumbs-Up 👍🏼, if you support him!!

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

MIT Team Wins Mars City Design Contest for 'Redwood Forest' Idea https://t.co/c3W9xdMLvf

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

MIT Team Wins Mars City Design Contest for 'Redwood Forest' Idea https://t.co/Z7WoPtaq5l

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

The first close up image of Mars was rendered by engineers by hand, painting by numbers.
https://t.co/4zu555w4NL

[Governor Abbott Press Office @GovAbbottPress]

In Texas, we don’t have state income taxes, wealth taxes, death taxes, or capital gains taxes.

Californians and their businesses will find a welcome regulatory home right here in Texas.

[Chicago Blackhawks @NHLBlackhawks]

It's officially baseball season ⚾️

good luck this season @Cubs @whitesox ‼️

[Mike @ChiSoxFanMike]

Just remembered Jason Benetti will be in the ballpark today but in the other team’s broadcast booth.

[Sara @SaraCivian]

I try not to be too judge mental (and I fail) but I've found in my 30 years on earth that people that have a huge problem with swearing are usually weirdos

[Bob @PoopFromDaButt]

i could see the fellas hammering beers and yelling at the tv to this game

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

JUST IN: @dunkindonuts will sell Dunkings track suits starting tomorrow at 12 Noon ET at https://t.co/aAz3UVrx9U