Jon Edwards
@edwards345
VP of Falcon and Dragon at SpaceX, Falcon 9 Product Director, Falcon 1 Lead Engineer, Bass Player for Dr. Spaceman, happy husband and dad
Just a little over 8 years passed between Alan Shepard’s suborbital Mercury flight and Apollo 11. That was a time when we knew very little--but had the will to do big, bold things.
Liftoff on Apollo 11! On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin launched atop a massive Saturn V rocket on their historic journey to the Moon: s.si.edu/3zbRq92
Grok 4 release livestream on Wednesday at 8pm PT @xAI
All Rocket launches in 2025 so far, chronologically and to scale.
A lot of blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifice were required to make it to this milestone. I have nothing but gratitude and immense love/respect for everyone who contributed along the way. 🙏
Falcon completes its 500th overall mission! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for making the impossible possible on the road to rapidly reusable rockets!
Congratulations @SpaceX team on 500 Falcon flights!
Falcon completes its 500th overall mission! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for making the impossible possible on the road to rapidly reusable rockets!
😂 so true
Beach Boys falls into that category of songs you try to learn on guitar early on, thinking it’ll be straightforward 3 chord stuff, only to find that it’s operating out on some other compositional plane. How did he make these movements into seamless pop music?
Last week, SpaceX successfully completed a controlled deorbit of the SiriusXM-10 upper stage after GTO payload deployment. While we routinely do controlled deorbits for LEO stages (e.g., Starlink), deorbiting from GTO is extremely difficult due to the high energy needed to alter…
🧠 Dementia prevention starts earlier than you think. A 2024 Lancet report urges a shift in focus: young adulthood (ages 20–39) is a critical—and overlooked—window for reducing dementia risk. 💡 Brain health in young adulthood is shaped by: • Education and awareness of health…
I can confirm, the V4HP is bad ass. I was lucky enough to get a beta unit installed and this dish is amazing. Consistently getting >400 Mbps, even though I have large oak trees on my property that obstruct a small amount of the sky (likely due to a few factors including the high…
New @Starlink high performance terminal! Our most rugged product yet.
SpaceX has the best employees in the world who design, build and operate the most advance rockets, spacecraft, @Starlink satellites and kits, all of which are made right here in the USA!
Starlink’s most rugged kit yet, Performance offers reliable high-speed internet (400+ Mbps download speeds) in the most extreme and remote environments. Aluminum enclosure, IP69K waterproof rating, advanced power supply with AC/DC, and more → starlink.com/performance
📢 We’ve updated our name to Brain Health & Research News – The Dementia League! Our expert-reviewed content helps everyone—not just those at risk for dementia. Better knowledge → better aging → lower risk. We believe this adjustment strengthens our mission to help all people…
Congrats Falcon team on 450 rocket landings!
Falcon lands for the 450th time!
In 2025, @Starlink has significantly expanded its network in Africa, activating service in 21 African markets to date. A recent Ookla report (ookla.com/articles/starl…) highlighted the expanded service and how Starlink often is the best solution for consumers, outperforming others…
SpaceX has assembled the most talented team of space vehicle innovators, builders, and operators the world has ever seen. I may be biased, but I truly believe this. And we are just getting started. Our future in space has never been brighter! If you have a passion for space,…
Great work by the @SpaceX team!
Falcon 9’s first stage lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship on our 400th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven booster
Big tunneling milestone! For the first time, TBC has continuously mined in a Zero-People-in-Tunnel (ZPIT) configuration. There is nobody in the machine (besides the videographer), which is simultaneously advancing forward and erecting a ring (i.e. building the tunnel). Each…