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Beautiful afternoon for SpaceX to launch the CRS-26 mission from LC-39A, bound for the International Space Station
With lightning far offshore of Cape Canaveral, it was a beautiful morning launch for the SpaceX Falcon9 with the crewdragon DM-1, heading to the ISS. Launch occurred at 2:49 a.m. EST from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
Beautiful morning launch with the latest batch of 60 Starlink broadband internet relay satellites at 8:25 EDT - viewed from Playalinda Beach
With lightning far offshore of Cape Canaveral, it was a beautiful morning launch for the SpaceX Falcon9 with the crewdragon DM-1, heading to the ISS. Launch occurred at 2:49 a.m. EST from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX launch with 40 more broadband internet satellites for the OneWeb 17 mission at 2:13 p.m. EST from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Booster B1062 successfully completed it's 13th mission with the landing at LZ-1.
An on target #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch, and NOT so on target ocean landing, for the first stage booster off the coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launched occurred at 1:16 p.m. EST from #SLC40 with the #CRS16 resupply mission heading to the ISS.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with #Eshail-2 satellite from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A, with support from the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Viewed from Canaveral National Seashore
This is an ultra-high resolution image of the Bangabandhu1 Falcon9 rocket by SpaceX, as seen on Thursday morning (May 10, 2018) during remote camera setup.
This rocket is notable because it is carrying a ton of national pride for the country of Bangladesh, and because this is the first "Block5" rocket, the latest variant of the Falcon9 designed with the intent of being reusable 10 or more times with minimal if any maintenance between flights. In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, Elon Musk indicated that the goal is to be able to fly a Falcon9 rocket again within 24-hours of landing. The Block5 is also the rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
This image is a merge of many images, resulting in a resolution of 18292 x 8913. Note for scale the people working at the base of the rocket and the vehicles parked there.
The Thursday launch was scrubbed. The next attempt is set for 4:14 pm (ET) on Friday, May 11, 2018.
(Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
Pictured is the first RAF F-35B (Lightning II) aircraft to arrive on British soil.
With the British aircraft are 2 USAF F-35B’s and two RAF Typhoons.
This 5th Generation STOVL Multi-Role supersonic stealth aircraft will provide the UK with a hugely capable and flexible weapons and sensor platform for decades to come.
Designed to operate from established land bases, austere strips and the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, the Lightning will join the Typhoon FGR4 in providing the Combat Air component of UK defence from 2018.
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Photographer: Sgt Peter George
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WARNING: Long caption and preposterous image ahead. Milky Way/Astrophotography purists should probably turn around now.
I spent a lot of time leading up to the #Telkom4 #SpaceX launch laboring over how to do something visually unique. I'm incredibly fortunate to have a fantastic vantage point for the launches, the ITL Causeway at 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., but, particularly lately, launch streak pics shot off-base have been stealing the show. For the last two or three launches I didn't set remote cameras, so my only shot at a view of the rockets is from the causeway, so, resigned to the "usual" streak shot, the causeway was again where I went.
I made the right choice.
The view of the night sky was truly spectacular, so much so that you could make out the Milky Way (faintly, mind you) with the naked eye, wrapping directly overhead. After I set up the time-lapse for the star trail shot, I pointed another camera toward the south (and the Milky Way, left of this frame) for a long exposure, and voila, there it was, even with a considerable amount of light pollution from the Port and points south. Without even knowing what I was going to do with the images, I then panned up, straight up, and the rotated the camera 180 degrees toward the North and then panned down, for five shots total. Naturally, the north-facing shots captured the Falcon9 rocket sitting on the pad (and more light pollution from the xenon lights at the pad), along with Jacques V Oene, setting up his cameras (right of this frame). Later, I simply fed these images into Photoshop and asked for a photo merge, and this is what it produced, and quickly, I might add. It's far from the perfect merge, and the more I look at it, the more I can see the seams between the frames, but I'm presenting it as it arrived. And, to make this Frankenstein of an "Inception" type of image complete, I (of course, right?) added the launch streak to the frame for perspective or something. Or, just because I could.
While I realize this image is over the top (a Velvet Elvis of a picture, as Jared would say, or rather, has said), and shouldn't be viewed as a sky atlas, it only slightly captures the majesty of what we get to witness here on the Space Coast. And for this (and every) launch, it's fun to be surrounded by people who also see this beauty for what it is: genuinely magical. (MaryLiz Bender and Ryan Chylinski even brought a telescope with them for stargazing while we waited for the launch -- how cool is that?)
TL;DR: The night sky is beautiful, and I may or may not have gotten carried away with this freak show of a photo merge and composite.
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Sky photos were shot at 15-secs, ISO2500 and f2.8 and then the launch streak was shot at 191-secs, ISO100 and f18, all with a Canon 5D4 and a 16-35mm lens.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with the Axiom-2 mission headed to the ISS at 5:37 p.m. EDT, from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
An on target #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch, and NOT so on target ocean landing, for the first stage booster off the coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launched occurred at 1:16 p.m. EST from #SLC40 with the #CRS16 resupply mission heading to the ISS.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with the Axiom-2 mission headed to the ISS at 5:37 p.m. EDT, from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch lit up the night sky with the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite at 8:26 p.m. EDT from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX launched a spare satellite for Globalstar’s messaging and data relay network at 12:27 a.m. EDT from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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Beautiful early morning launch for @elonmusk and the whole @SpaceX team. With #SpaceX #ElonMusk first reuse of the #Block5 #Falcon9 booster, they launched the Indonesian #MerahPutih #Telkom4 #satellite from #SLC40 on the Canaveral Air Force Station / @45thspacewing @NASAKennedy
SpaceX lit up the Florida skies this morning with the latest batch of Starlink 4-17 satellites at 5:42 a.m. EDT, from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center. When the rocket exhaust is illuminated by the sun, it starts to look like a space jellyfish.
I took my boat out so I could get up close to the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1061.2 with the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. The NASA Crew-2 mission is scheduled to launch tomorrow morning at 5:49 a.m. EDT.
At 4:14pm (ET) on Friday, May 11, 2018 SpaceX launched the #Bangabandhu1 satellite atop the first #Block5 #Falcon9 rocket.
(Photos by me / Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, and booster landing, with the USSF-67 mission from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 p.m.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, and booster landing, with the USSF-67 mission from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 p.m.
Pictured is The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, The Red Arrows, performing a fly past in formation with the RAF F35B and a pair of Typhoons at the Royal International Air Tattoo...The F-35B Lightning II will place the UK at the forefront of fighter technology, giving the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy a true multi-role all weather, day and night capability, able to operate from well-established land bases, deployed locations or the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be known in UK service as the Lightning II. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor but the UK is the only Level 1 partner with the US. A number of British companies, including BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce will have significant industrial work-share in construction and development of the aircraft. The Lightning II will provide UK Defence with a 5th Generation (low observable, supersonic, enhanced data fusion), multi-role, all weather, day and night aircraft that will have the ability to operate from land bases as well as the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers, the first of which is due to accept Lightning II onto her deck in 2018. This basing flexibility will give UK Defence a truly joint expeditionary Combat Air capability well into the 2030’s. The RAF is the lead service for the operation of Lightning II and, like the Harrier before, the Joint Lightning II Force will be manned by both RAF and RN personnel.
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With lightning far offshore of Cape Canaveral, it was a beautiful morning launch for the SpaceX Falcon9 with the crewdragon DM-1, heading to the ISS. Launch occurred at 2:49 a.m. EST from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
Just another Wednesday on the Space Coast of Florida: A rocket homecoming as the #SpaceX #Telstar19V #Falcon9 first stage returned to Port Canaveral this morning (July 25, 2018) atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You."
Note people (and a large ship, a bulk carrier) for scale, with special guest appearance by NASA’s VAB on the horizon in one pic.
(Pics: me / We Report Space)
SpaceX launch with Telstar 18V from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, at 12:45 am (ET) Monday morning, with support from the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base
At 4:14pm (ET) on Friday, May 11, 2018 SpaceX launched the #Bangabandhu1 satellite atop the first #Block5 #Falcon9 rocket.
SpaceX booster B1058 returned to Port Canaveral this morning after its 7th flight, along with the new fairing recovery ship Shelia Bordelon.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, and booster landing, with the USSF-67 mission from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 p.m.
It was a beautiful, and historic, first "operational" SpaceX Crew Dragon mission. Known as the Crew-1 with the Dragon Capsule named "Resilience", launch occurred at 7:27 p.m. EST on Sunday evening from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX launch with Telstar 18V from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, at 12:45 am (ET) Monday morning, with support from the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base