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Falcon 9 sunset, carrying 60 Starlink Satellites.
Yesterday NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken & Doug Hurley were 16 minutes away from launching on Crew Dragon. ⛈
Second attempt will be this Saturday 30th May @ 20:22 BST.
The Flight Readiness Review has concluded! NASA’s SpaceX Crew Dragon mission is cleared to proceed toward liftoff.
Tune in to NASA TV for live coverage from 17:15 BST, 27th May.
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Crew Dragon & Falcon 9 Rollout at Launch Complex 39A.
We have lift off! Frank Borman & James Lovell blast off for their rookie spaceflight in Gemini 7, Dec 1965. The pair orbited Earth 206 times during their 14 days in space in their tiny Gemini capsule. It was the world’s longest spaceflight until Jun 1970 when Soyuz 9 broke it. G7 also achieved the first rendezvous between 2 spacecraft as Gemini 6A with Wally Schirra &
Tom Stafford came within 1 foot of G7 & could have docked had the crafts been equipped to do so. Ed White & Michael Collins served as backup for G7.
Astronauts Jim Lovell & Fred Haise prepare for Apollo 13, Feb 1970. Mr. Haise was chosen in the 5th group of astronauts in 1966. Besides A13, he flew 5 Space Shuttle Approach & Landing Tests during the early days of the Shuttle Program in 1977. Mr. Lovell was chosen in 1962 in the 2nd Group of astronauts & flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8 & 13. An excellent film on the Apollo 13 mission is Ron Howard’s fantastic, award-winning film.
A long exposure of the Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It was taking supplies to the International Space Station.
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A ground-level view of the huge Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a mammoth crawler-transporter.
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Orbital launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Kennedy Space Center.
as of Feb.10, 2022
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Launch to Lovejoy | APOD
Blasting skyward an Atlas V rocket carrying a U.S. Navy satellite pierces a cloud bank in this starry night scene captured on January 20. On its way to orbit from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, planet Earth, the rocket streaks past brightest star Sirius, as seen from a dark beach at Canaveral National Seashore. Above the alpha star of Canis Major, Orion the Hunter strikes a pose familiar to northern winter skygazers. Above Orion is the V-shaped Hyades star cluster, head of Taurus the Bull, and farther still above Taurus it’s easy to spot the compact Pleiades star cluster. Of course near the top of the frame you’ll find the greenish coma and long tail of Comet Lovejoy, astronomical darling of these January nights.
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