‍One-third of humanity remains offline, and many users only have basic connectivity.

The Ministry of Education in El Salvador—among many others around the world—is installing Starlink in schools to help close the digital divide 👏👏
Source: @Starlink, @EducacionSV

Targeting Sunday, May 14 at 05:03 UTC for Falcon 9’s launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from SLC-40 in Florida → http://spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX

Raptor V3 just achieved 350 bar chamber pressure (269 tons of thrust). Congrats to SpaceX propulsion team!

Starship Super Heavy Booster has 33 Raptors, so total thrust of 8877 tons or 19.5 million pounds.
Source: @elonmusk

Liftoff
Source: @SpaceX

Deployment of 56 Starlink satellites confirmed
Source: @SpaceX

‍KathyLueders, former top NASA human spaceflight official, joined SpaceX, according to CNBC sources.

Lueders is based at Starbase in Texas and will report directly to president & COO Gwynne Shotwell:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/15/elon-musks-spacex-hires-former-nasa-official-kathy-lueders.html
Source: @thesheetztweetz

EVA training continues this month for the Polaris Dawn crew at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California 🚀
Source: @PolarisProgram

Falcon 9's second stage heads to orbit with 56 Starlink satellites yesterday
Source: @johnkrausphotos

‍Starlink enables greater access to healthcare and medical services, especially for those in remote locations.

Thanks to the PolarisProgram, this StJude hospital in the Philippines is better connected with researchers and doctors worldwide 🛰️🌎🩺
Source: @Starlink, @PolarisProgram

Axiom-2 is set to lift off in six days on May 21. One of the three rookies onboard will become the 600th human to orbit the Earth. (L-R: Ali Alqarni, veteran Cdr. Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, and Rayyanah Barnawi).
Source: @LaunchPhoto

It appears that SpaceX may have performed a Flight Termination test on the Booster 6 test article (left on video). This rupture occurred near the common dome. The test article was filled with water and likely pressurized to flight loads.

No way to confirm the details yet.

🎥: LabPadre
Source: @CSI_Starbase

In the next two SpaceX manned launches (Ax-2 and Crew-7), we will see a change in the flight profile of the Falcon 9 as the first stage will land on dry land and not on barges, it will be the first time SpaceX does this for manned missions.
Source: @conexionspacial

SpaceX is in the process of certifying Falcon 9 boosters for up to 20 flights on Starlink missions.
Source: @StephenClark1

Targeting Friday, May 19 for Falcon 9’s launch of 22 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from SLC-40 in Florida → http://spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX

Ship 25 moved to a suborbital pad at Starbase for an upcoming static fire of its six Raptor engines
Source: @SpaceX