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At 8:30pm (EDT) Tuesday, SpaceX launched a Falcon9 rocket sending the CRS-27 Cargo Dragon to resupply the International Space Station.
This was the view from north of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, seen in a 147-sec exposure.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station for the CRS-25 mission, seen all the way from Freeport, in the Bahamas. With it being a clear evening and the rocket launching roughly twenty minutes after sunset, it created this distinct "jellyfish" effect in the sky thanks to the way that the already set sun hit the gases exhausted by the craft. With it lighting up the sky in this way and my first experience watching a launch from another country, this is now one of my favorite launches ever!
Another look at the Tuesday night #CRS27 #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch.
This is a 135-sec exposure captured from the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
(I was hoping for max reflection in the water, and ended up clipping the top of the streak.)
Welcome home to the #SpaceX #CargoDragon, seen here streaking over Florida.
This was seriously cool to see.
(137-sec exposure by me /
@WeReportSpace)
Welcome home to the #SpaceX #CargoDragon, seen here streaking over Florida.
This was seriously cool to see.
Quand quelqu’un ou quelque chose part et emmène un peu de nous avec lui (au sens propre 💧), on immortalise toujours la scène pour s’en rappeler : quelques photos prises lors du départ du #CargoDragon CRS-22 de SpaceX. Pas facile à photographier, la Station n’a aucun hublot qui pointe dans la bonne direction. Le prochain vaisseau qui devrait (si tout se passe selon le plan de vol) s’amarrer à cet endroit, c’est notre propre Crew Dragon. On doit en effet libérer la place de parking de premier choix qu’il occupe actuellement à l’avant de l’ISS pour amarrer les prochains vaisseaux qui arrivent :) Le chassé-croisé des vacances a déjà commencé sur l’ISS 😉
When something or someone leaves for a while, what better than take pictures to remember the moment: here are some shots of SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 departing yesterday, and taking a part of us with it to Earth (literally ). The scene was difficult to capture as no window was pointing in the right direction! The next vehicle to dock to this docking port should be… our very own Crew Dragon. We are set to relocate and free up the best parking spot on the Space Station for upcoming vehicles, if everything goes well. Lots of traffic these days! blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/07/dragon-undocking-p...
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Welcome home to the #SpaceX #CargoDragon, seen here streaking over Florida.
This was seriously cool to see.
That wasn't thunder, Space Coast: Liftoff!
At 3:14am (ET) Sunday, the #CRS23 #Falcon9 sent a Cargo Dragon capsule full of goodies to the Space Station.
It was a beautiful launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, & the 90th successful 1st stage landing for #SpaceX.
This is the view from the NASA Press Site shown in a 202-second exposure.
Pics: me / Nat Geo
The second stage, carrying the Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft to the ISS, blasts away from the first stage as it starts its boost back burn to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The rocket created this distinct "jellyfish" effect in the sky thanks to the way that the already set sun hits the gases exhausted by the craft and made it easily visible all the way from Freeport, in the Bahamas, despite being over 200-300 miles away at this point.
SpaceX launched a falcon 9 rocket carrying a Cargo Dragon filled with supplies and headed to the International Space Station. This view is overlooking the Indian River Lagoon in Vero Beach, Florida. As you can tell from the boat masts, there was a pretty stiff breeze blowing.
After 2 months without a launch, this was a beautiful early morning launch at 3:14 a.m. Sunday, the #SpaceX #CRS23 #Falcon9 sent a #CargoDragon capsule full of food, equipment, supplies and experiments to the Space Station. It was also the first booster to land on the new SpaceX automated droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG).
After 2 months without a launch, this was a beautiful early morning launch at 3:14 a.m. Sunday, the #SpaceX #CRS23 #Falcon9 sent a #CargoDragon capsule full of food, equipment, supplies and experiments to the Space Station. It was also the first booster to land on the new SpaceX automated droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG).
After 2 months without a launch, this was a beautiful early morning launch at 3:14 a.m. Sunday, the #SpaceX #CRS23 #Falcon9 sent a #CargoDragon capsule full of food, equipment, supplies and experiments to the Space Station. It was also the first booster to land on the new SpaceX automated droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG).
2021, l’odyssée de l’espace : une bande son mythique pour ces images du départ du #CargoDragon la semaine dernière. C'est fou de penser que la science-fiction de ces dernière décennies est devenue ma réalité
2021 A Space Odyssey: I am living in science fact, but it resembles science fiction from just a few decades ago! SpaceX Cargo Dragon leaving us last week with music that the unique Stanley Kubrick turned into an iconic soundtrack for space.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Launch & landing: At 9:29pm (ET) Monday, a SpaceX sent cargo to the ISS & 8 mins later the Falcon 9 booster returned to CCSFS (with sonic booms!) to be flown again.
Quand quelqu’un ou quelque chose part et emmène un peu de nous avec lui (au sens propre 💧), on immortalise toujours la scène pour s’en rappeler : quelques photos prises lors du départ du #CargoDragon CRS-22 de SpaceX. Pas facile à photographier, la Station n’a aucun hublot qui pointe dans la bonne direction. Le prochain vaisseau qui devrait (si tout se passe selon le plan de vol) s’amarrer à cet endroit, c’est notre propre Crew Dragon. On doit en effet libérer la place de parking de premier choix qu’il occupe actuellement à l’avant de l’ISS pour amarrer les prochains vaisseaux qui arrivent :) Le chassé-croisé des vacances a déjà commencé sur l’ISS 😉
When something or someone leaves for a while, what better than take pictures to remember the moment: here are some shots of SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 departing yesterday, and taking a part of us with it to Earth (literally ). The scene was difficult to capture as no window was pointing in the right direction! The next vehicle to dock to this docking port should be… our very own Crew Dragon. We are set to relocate and free up the best parking spot on the Space Station for upcoming vehicles, if everything goes well. Lots of traffic these days! blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/07/dragon-undocking-p...
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Liftoff!!
At 2:45am (ET) Sunday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending the CRS-33 mission and a Cargo Dragon to space. The spacecraft is loaded with supplies and science for the International Space Station.
This was the view from Cocoa Beach, Florida.
1.7 million pounds of thrust: 9 Merlin engines push the SpaceX CRS23 Falcon9 rocket off the pad, sending supplies to the
International Space Station.
Pic: me / National Geographic
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023, on the company’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 12:47 a.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver approximately 7,000 pounds of crew supplies, equipment, and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
Quand quelqu’un ou quelque chose part et emmène un peu de nous avec lui (au sens propre 💧), on immortalise toujours la scène pour s’en rappeler : quelques photos prises lors du départ du #CargoDragon CRS-22 de SpaceX. Pas facile à photographier, la Station n’a aucun hublot qui pointe dans la bonne direction. Le prochain vaisseau qui devrait (si tout se passe selon le plan de vol) s’amarrer à cet endroit, c’est notre propre Crew Dragon. On doit en effet libérer la place de parking de premier choix qu’il occupe actuellement à l’avant de l’ISS pour amarrer les prochains vaisseaux qui arrivent :) Le chassé-croisé des vacances a déjà commencé sur l’ISS 😉
When something or someone leaves for a while, what better than take pictures to remember the moment: here are some shots of SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 departing yesterday, and taking a part of us with it to Earth (literally ). The scene was difficult to capture as no window was pointing in the right direction! The next vehicle to dock to this docking port should be… our very own Crew Dragon. We are set to relocate and free up the best parking spot on the Space Station for upcoming vehicles, if everything goes well. Lots of traffic these days! blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/07/dragon-undocking-p...
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Quand quelqu’un ou quelque chose part et emmène un peu de nous avec lui (au sens propre 💧), on immortalise toujours la scène pour s’en rappeler : quelques photos prises lors du départ du #CargoDragon CRS-22 de SpaceX. Pas facile à photographier, la Station n’a aucun hublot qui pointe dans la bonne direction. Le prochain vaisseau qui devrait (si tout se passe selon le plan de vol) s’amarrer à cet endroit, c’est notre propre Crew Dragon. On doit en effet libérer la place de parking de premier choix qu’il occupe actuellement à l’avant de l’ISS pour amarrer les prochains vaisseaux qui arrivent :) Le chassé-croisé des vacances a déjà commencé sur l’ISS 😉
When something or someone leaves for a while, what better than take pictures to remember the moment: here are some shots of SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 departing yesterday, and taking a part of us with it to Earth (literally ). The scene was difficult to capture as no window was pointing in the right direction! The next vehicle to dock to this docking port should be… our very own Crew Dragon. We are set to relocate and free up the best parking spot on the Space Station for upcoming vehicles, if everything goes well. Lots of traffic these days! blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/07/dragon-undocking-p...
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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A composite view of the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule as it soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023, on the company’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 11:47 a.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver approximately 7,000 pounds of crew supplies, equipment, and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on July 12, 2022, in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX NASA image use policy.
A Falcon 9 stands on LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, catching a rare moment of light on a mostly overcast day as the sun sets on July 13, 2022. The rocket is carrying the Cargo Dragon 2 capsule for the CRS-25 mission to resupply the International Space Station with various items like food and science experiments, along with some new space suits for the crew members aboard. The rocket would launch the next day, so consider this photo a preview...
At 4:15 am Monday (ET), April 21, hashtag#SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, sending a Cargo Dragon to space to resupply the ISS for the CRS-32 mission. About 8 minutes later, the booster returned. The first frame captures this in a 446-second single exposure.
These nebulas aren't deep space views: the first stage (silhouetted, top) orients itself for the return to Florida while the second stage engine ignites (lower right), sending the capsule onward to the ISS. For a brief moment, the exhaust is illuminated, creating the nebula effect.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Cargo Dragon spacecraft, is rolled out from the company’s hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 12, 2022, to the launch pad in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services launch. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on July 12, 2022, in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, seen atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, is rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 12, 2022, in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services launch. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
Quand quelqu’un ou quelque chose part et emmène un peu de nous avec lui (au sens propre 💧), on immortalise toujours la scène pour s’en rappeler : quelques photos prises lors du départ du #CargoDragon CRS-22 de SpaceX. Pas facile à photographier, la Station n’a aucun hublot qui pointe dans la bonne direction. Le prochain vaisseau qui devrait (si tout se passe selon le plan de vol) s’amarrer à cet endroit, c’est notre propre Crew Dragon. On doit en effet libérer la place de parking de premier choix qu’il occupe actuellement à l’avant de l’ISS pour amarrer les prochains vaisseaux qui arrivent :) Le chassé-croisé des vacances a déjà commencé sur l’ISS 😉
When something or someone leaves for a while, what better than take pictures to remember the moment: here are some shots of SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 departing yesterday, and taking a part of us with it to Earth (literally ). The scene was difficult to capture as no window was pointing in the right direction! The next vehicle to dock to this docking port should be… our very own Crew Dragon. We are set to relocate and free up the best parking spot on the Space Station for upcoming vehicles, if everything goes well. Lots of traffic these days! blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/07/07/dragon-undocking-p...
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kevin Davis and Kevin O’Connell
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of science and research, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of science and research, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
Seen here is a up-close view of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in the vertical position at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is secured in the vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of science and research, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that will fly on the company’s 22nd commercial resupply services to the International Space Station is now ready for its journey to space. On June 1, SpaceX rolled its Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon attached to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:29 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 3. Photo credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is secured in the vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A Photo credit: SpaceX
Seen here is a up-close view of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in the vertical position at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on March 13, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: SpaceX
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
A bright white trail is in view after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
After its successful parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 11:29 p.m. EST on July 9, 2021, the cargo Dragon spacecraft was loaded aboard SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery ship. The SpaceX cargo Dragon returned more than 5,300 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station on SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the science aboard the capsule to NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility, delivering some science back into the hands of the researchers as soon as four to nine hours after splashdown. This shorter transportation timeframe allows researchers to collect data with minimal loss of microgravity effects. Photo credit: SpaceX
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
At 4:15 am Monday (ET), April 21, hashtag#SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, sending a Cargo Dragon to space to resupply the ISS for the CRS-32 mission. About 8 minutes later, the booster returned. The first frame captures this in a 446-second single exposure.
These nebulas aren't deep space views: the first stage (silhouetted, top) orients itself for the return to Florida while the second stage engine ignites (lower right), sending the capsule onward to the ISS. For a brief moment, the exhaust is illuminated, creating the nebula effect.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that will fly on the company’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station is now ready for its journey to space. On Thursday, May 27, teams transported the spacecraft from SpaceX’s processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into the hangar at nearby Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, where it was attached to the Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 is scheduled for 1:29 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 3. Photo credit: SpaceX
A shiny-new SpaceX Falcon9 rocket is standing tall at NASA KSC's LC-39A, ready for launch Thursday 6/3 @ 1:29pm (EDT).
The CRS-22 mission will send a Cargo Dragon capsule full of supplies to the International Space Station
Pics: me / NatGeo
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kevin OConnell/Kevin Davis/Chris Coleman
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, on the company’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 6,000 pounds of science and research, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: SpaceX
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company’s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of NASA investigations, to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett