The 20 Funniest Tweets From Monday’s Mars Landing
Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Comedy Features Mars Landing
On Monday, the NASA Mars InSight lander entered, descented and landed safely on the Red Planet. The $830 million dollar robot is designed to study the deep interior of Mars.
That’s just what’s up in the universe—meanwhile, the Twitterverse has been active nonstop. Under the hashtag #MarsLanding, comedians and space nerds (and comedic space nerds) have been delivering some quality content online.
I come bearing some good news, and some bad news. The good: Thirty Seconds to Mars retweeted InSight’s first snap from Mars. The bad: Bruno Mars missed the viral Tweet opportunity of a lifetime by remaining silent on the matter.
Without further ado, here are the funniest Tweets from Monday’s Mars landing (and thankfully, none of them are that dumb joke “When do astronauts have lunch? At LAUNCH TIME!”).
NASA sends back first ever selfie from Mars. https://t.co/bO9C5Om0Zepic.twitter.com/XEBuNpBPFo
— LADbible (@ladbible) November 27, 2018
Throw your panels in the air! Wave ‘em cuz you care! And if you’re ready for science, somebody say, “Oh yeah!”@NASAInSight’s solar arrays are open and power is flowing to her batteries. https://t.co/wiulo1tvTd#MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/gSgFr2r1z8
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) November 27, 2018
The best part of this first picture is that it looks like the sky and ground are in the right places#MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/U2Hdy59NPw
— Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) November 26, 2018
I bet InSight wishes it were a rover right about now. #Repost @ellisjrosen (@get_repost)
Curiosity meet Insight. https://t.co/QcmxyKSd9dpic.twitter.com/d7eaF6UptM
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) November 27, 2018
Today’s daily cartoon by Pat Byrnes: https://t.co/wxoKfUIfmppic.twitter.com/xSxjep8mNf
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 27, 2018
Shakey shakes on Mars are called Marsquakes. #NASASocial#MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/tQvLs33GaL
— Nick (@NickBlock68) November 26, 2018
never-before-seen photo from #MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/1shQtJSGWV
— 9GAG (@9GAG) November 27, 2018
@elonmuskpic.twitter.com/K8ldeJzkV4
— Taylor Royale (@taylorroyale) November 26, 2018
Ha! Someone did ask what “game” I was watching yesterday after I yelled touchdown behind the closed door of my office. #marslanding
— Space Nerd (@spacenerd19) November 27, 2018
To the people who got me here, and all the fans who have cheered me on, this one’s for you! Now let’s all catch our breath before the deep science begins. https://t.co/3GQNAjWwMY#MarsLanding
— NASAInSight (@NASAInSight) November 27, 2018
tfw you’re too busy landing a robot on mars to clean up your desktop @NASAInSight#MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/yIlYOW98Bo
— Allan Lasser (@allanlasser) November 26, 2018
#MarsLanding What I didn’t understand was who took this photo.pic.twitter.com/BB5ecXB70B
— Asad Ur Rehman (@Asad_cheeku) November 27, 2018
The Milky Way as seen from Mars. #MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/VHpfmUwsuV
— Free Airman Kolfage (@MidtownUltimate) November 27, 2018
def thought this was one of those pimple popping videos https://t.co/4XiUlgmicu
— Taylor Trudon (@taylortrudon) November 26, 2018
The Purpose of today’s #MarsLanding is to determine what’s on the inside of #Mars It looks DELICIOUS! pic.twitter.com/irNkLtZIDO
— Chip Sarver (@CHIPSARVER) November 26, 2018
You, a simpleton: Netflix and Chill
Me, an intellectual: NASA TV and Anxiety #marslanding— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) November 26, 2018
How exciting it must be for you to see surface photos of a planet you haven’t screwed up. #MarsLanding
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) November 26, 2018
The @NASAInSight account is racking up about a thousand followers per minute. Now we all know that we need to build spaceships and land them on different planets to get a lot more followers. #MarsLanding
— Justen Charters (@JustenCharters) November 26, 2018
This is amazing, zoom in for a closer look #MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/jiv1eaKepy
— Miss Texas 1967 (@MsTexas1967) November 26, 2018
Historians will remember this handshake for decades to come #MarsLandingpic.twitter.com/smd372FBmu
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 26, 2018