We successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope today about 9 months ahead of its formal readiness date. Today’s Falcon Heavy mission was what we call a RXR mission (return-expendable-return), which signifies that the side boosters are to be recovered by

Landing boosters and recovering fairings let us fly more often and fly more reliably. 100 so far this year. Incredible work @SpaceX team.

“Most reliable big launch provider in history.”

This is our mission. The timeline for achieving this shrinks significantly if we can 10-100x the useful output of our engineering and manufacturing teams. AI and robotics make this possible. This can happen in our lifetime.

One great thing about spaceflight is that the scenic route is often the fastest path to where you’re going. Also great to see the Psyche spacecraft healthy and enjoying its journey to the 16 Psyche asteroid (launched on Falcon Heavy in Oct 2023, arrives summer 2029). Can’t wait

Video from my roof of @SpaceX Dragon streaking across the sky over LA tonight. Inside this 10,000 degree plasma cocoon traveling at 8 km/sec are four amazing humans. Welcome home @NASA Crew-11! 🇺🇸