Kiko Dontchev
1.1K posts
@TurkeyBeaver
VP of Launch @ SpaceX and father of Finn and Otie
Once again, yelling at clouds.
Deadline approaching: You have until May 22 to apply for our fall internships. 🚨 We provide short‑term, hands‑on opportunities for students to work on essential NASA projects – including ones that help future Artemis missions. go.nasa.gov/4tHNyWt
Stunning first-sat views from @Starlink launch G10-38 on May 1, deployed from @SpaceX's Falcon rocket. Watch as the Starlink sats cruise over an entire orbit, through sunrise and sunset, and slowly separate from each as they complete their post-launch deployment sequence before beginning orbit raise. The satellites are stacked like a deck of cards in the rocket, which slowly spins when dispensing to impart a small velocity difference, ensuring deconfliction. May the @Starlink be with you.
Once again, yelling at clouds.
Happy birthday @cstanley
Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket
Space jellyfish alert! Starlink 17-14 from SLC-4E in California on April 22, 2026 at 8:23:09 PM PDT could produce a space jellyfish. This occurs when a rocket and its expanding exhaust plumes are illuminated by the sun and observers are in local darkness. The rocket will enter sunlight 03m20s after launch. See a detailed prediction for your location: jellyfish.johnkrausphotos.com Information as of 2026-04-23 02:26 UTC
