"Thanks so much SpaceX, it was a heck of a ride for us!"
@rookisaacman The SpaceX recovery crews are now headed out to Resilience to secure it before loading it on the recovery ship.
@rookisaacman Calm waters in the Atlantic as the SpaceX recovery team secures the capsule while the crew inside wait to be loaded onto the company's ship.
@rookisaacman SpaceX mission control says Resilience will be lifted onto the ship in about 5 minutes
@rookisaacman And Isaacman says the crew is "having a great time with the inflight entertainment" in the meantime.
Elon Musk is holding a Twitter Spaces discussion on SpaceX's first Starship launch.
Thread:
Musk: "The outcome was roughly in what I expected, and maybe slightly exceeding my expectations, but roughly what I expected, which is that we would get clear of the pad."
Musk: "I'm glad to report that the pad damage is actually quite small" and should "be repaired quickly."
After the dramatic first Starship Super Heavy launch, a look at SpaceX's monster rocket program – with the good (prototypes in the wings), the bad (destruction and debris at and around the launchpad) and the unknown (regulator investigations underway): cnbc.com/2023/04/29/spa…
NASA chief @SenBillNelson: “I have asked, so I can report to you ... SpaceX is still saying that they think it will take at least two months to rebuild the launchpad and concurrently about two months to have their second vehicle ready to launch." cnbc.com/2023/04/29/spa…
@SenBillNelson Nelson effectively defended SpaceX before a Congressional committee on Thursday, explaining how the company is "hardware rich:"
"They launch, if something goes wrong they figure out what it is, they go back and they launch it again." cnbc.com/2023/04/29/spa…
SpaceX is preparing to launch for the 29th time this year, and the second time this evening, with a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying satellites for Viasat and Astranis.
This rocket is expendable, so its boosters will not be recovered.
Watch live:
Falcon Heavy is standing tall to launch in a little over 10 minutes
ULA CEO Tory Bruno
SpaceX VP of Commercial Sales Tom Ochinero
Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel
Rocket Lab $RKLB Senior Director Richard French
Blue Origin VP of Commercial Sales Ariane Cornell