--- description: The billionaire CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, decided to show off his new rockets Twitter Saturday. title: Elon Musk debuts new rocket on Twitter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee466a99d44a51f/69876a8a35ba6f562cc0583d/gif2.gif?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Know Right Now](/tag/know-right-now/) ## Know Right Now Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Know Right Now: Elon Musk Debuts New Rocket on Twitter by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 4:21 PM CUT  Know Right Now: Elon Musk shows off rockets on Twitter Know Right Now: Elon Musk shows off rockets on Twitter by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 4:21 PM CUT The billionaire CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, decided to show off his new rockets Saturday. He revealed SpaceX’s newly improved rocket, the Falcon 9R, which now has four adjustable wings. The 9R’s “X Wings” are designed to deploy after takeoff and will work with rocket thrusters for navigation, which Musk showed in a video he shared on Twitter. Musk also revealed that SpaceX is creating rocket landing pads at sea, which will be used as refueling stations for rockets before launching back into space. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602095/know-right-now-elon-musk-debuts-new-rocket-on-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602095/know-right-now-elon-musk-debuts-new-rocket-on-twitter/"},"headline":"Know Right Now: Elon Musk Debuts New Rocket on Twitter","datePublished":"2014-11-24T16:21:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:19:11.850Z","description":"He revealed the improved Falcon 9R","url":"https://time.com/3602095/know-right-now-elon-musk-debuts-new-rocket-on-twitter/","keywords":["Know Right Now","Space","Elon Musk","Billionaire","SpaceX","rocket"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee466a99d44a51f/69876a8a35ba6f562cc0583d/gif2.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee466a99d44a51f/69876a8a35ba6f562cc0583d/gif2.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Know Right Now: Elon Musk shows off rockets on Twitter","caption":"Know Right Now: Elon Musk shows off rockets on Twitter","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/know-right-now/","name":"Know Right Now"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3602095/know-right-now-elon-musk-debuts-new-rocket-on-twitter/","name":"Know Right Now: Elon Musk Debuts New Rocket on Twitter"}}]}] ```