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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!
Falcon Heavy rocket – essentially three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together – produced five million pounds of thrust to lift off from pad 39A on an easterly trajectory over the Atlantic Ocean. The heavy-class rocket boosted Jupiter 3, the largest communications satellite ever built by Maxar Technologies, to geostationary orbit for EchoStar.
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.
First launch of a manned vehicle from U.S. soil in 9 years, and the first ever launch of a manned vehicle built by a private company. Cheers all around!
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley lifted off aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on Falcon 9 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station at 3:22 p.m. ET.
It is busy in space. Just one week into his mission Beyond, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his fellow crew members welcomed a Dragon cargo vehicle to the International Space Station.
The 18th resupply mission launched by SpaceX on 25 July arrived to the orbital outpost two days later. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch used the Canadarm2 to capture and dock the Dragon to the Harmony node of the Space Station, while Luca served as backup support.
Luca took the opportunity to snap some pictures of its arrival. He posted this to Twitter, captioning it ‘Flight of the #Dragon.’
Resupply missions are crucial to supporting life in space and continuing science. In addition to fresh water and food, cargo vehicles also bring the latest experiments to be conducted in the uniquely weightless laboratories.
Dragon delivered three unique European experiments investigating a range of phenomena that could lead to novel space and Earth applications.
The Biorock experiment, run by the University of Edinburgh, will unleash a microbe on a basalt rock and assess the biofilm that forms over the rock as the organism grows. Observing the rock-microbe system in space is vital to understanding biomining on other planetary bodies like asteroids, where new resources can be unearthed.
The Amyloid Aggregation experiment focuses on human physiology, specifically the triggers of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Prolonged spaceflight causes cell protein breakdown in astronauts, a phenomenon similar to elderly patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases on Earth. Understanding how this process takes place is useful for longer duration space travellers as well as patients on Earth.
From parabolic flight to the International Space Station, the Multiscale Boiling experiment takes bubbles to space to carefully observe the liquid to gas phase change. Because bubbles grow more slowly in weightlessness, researchers can track the heat transfer process more thoroughly to optimise products with better heat distribution and compact design.
Dragon will stay docked to the International Space Station for a month, after which it will return to Earth with equipment and scientific samples. Learn more about this visiting vehicle with this infographic.
The experiments on board Dragon will be unloaded and expected to begin in the coming weeks.
Follow Luca and his #MissionBeyond on social media, the blog, and on the newly launched podcast ESA Explores for exciting updates over the next six months.
Credits: ESA/NASA - L. Parmitano
SpaceX's Starlink 6-41 mission lifted off in a cloak of sea fog at 6:56 p.m. EST Monday from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, lifting another payload of 23 broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit.
4:08 p.m. EST launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Quickly cloaked by thick cloud cover, as seen by many Space Coast spectators, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted a pair of communications satellites into medium-Earth orbit Sunday afternoon for the Luxembourg-based company SES.
Launch Complex 40 carried the SES 18 and 19 communications satellites to orbit for Luxembourg-based operator SES, then wrapped up with a drone ship landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) is a currently ongoing private crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on 21 May 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9
At 10:41 p.m. EDT, the 230-foot rocket bolted off the pad at Launch Complex 40 with 22 of the internet-beaming satellites, then completed its fourth mission to date after landing on the Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship.
Intelsat 40e satellite and NASA's TEMPO instrument at 12:30 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA and SpaceX target 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, August 26, for the launch of the Crew-7 mission from Florida's Kennedy Space Center with a team of international astronauts from four different space agencies
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will liftoff aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft from pad 39A for a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
This will mark the first time an astronaut from the European Space Agency will pilot a Crew Dragon
Saturday night lights, SpaceX-style: At 10:17pm (ET) a Falcon 9 rocket launched from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending a batch of Starlink satellites to space.
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the 6-25 Starlink mission, launched from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:20 p.m. EDT on Monday October 30th.
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on NASA’s CRS-29 mission. An uncrewed Dragon capsule will deliver supples the ISS. The rocket launched at 8:28 pm
This uncrewed launch of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will carry a new laser data communication investigation device, a study on the effects of spaceflight on ovulation, research on the respiratory system, an infrared instrument to measure atmospheric gravity waves, and essential supplies for our astronauts living and working aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 on an internal mission for Starlink 6-23. Rocket launched from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:39 p.m. EDT Tuesday Oct. 17th
Two shots. Star Trails added to the launch
At 9:05 p.m. EDT, the 230-foot rocket packed with another batch of 22 Starlink internet satellites soared away from Launch Complex 40 on a southeasterly trajectory, skirting between the Florida coast and the Bahamas. It was visible across the state by fans at both Daytona International Speedway at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 and at Exploria Stadium in Orlando during the Orlando City MLS soccer game.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL Monday, October 30, 2023. The rocket is carrying 23 Starlink satellites. New booster flight record, 18th flight for B1058.
4 Min Exposure, ISO 80, F8, 14mm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL Monday, October 30, 2023. The rocket is carrying 23 Starlink satellites. New booster flight record, 18th flight for B1058.
Night launch of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule and Falcon 9 Rocket; as seen from North Orlando.
This will be delivering goods to the International Space Station.
This is the first time I've seen a rocket launch at night. It didn't light up the sky as much as the space shuttle; but it was still pretty cool to see. Great job, private industry!!!!!!!!
SpaceX Dragon Capsule/Falcon9 Rocket
North Orlando, FL
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This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the April 20 arrival and ultimate capture and berthing of the SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station, as photographed by the Expedition 39 crew members onboard the orbital outpost. In this photo, the two orbiting spacecraft were above a point in Yemen. Part of the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea can be seen at left. The Dragon spacecraft was captured by the space station and successfully berthed using the Canadian-built space station remote manipulator system or Canadarm2.
About Crew Earth Observations:
In Crew Earth Observations (CEO), crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS) photograph the Earth from their unique point of view located 200 miles above the surface. Photographs record how the planet is changing over time, from human-caused changes like urban growth and reservoir construction, to natural dynamic events such as hurricanes, floods and volcanic eruptions. A major emphasis of CEO is to monitor disaster response events in support of the International Disaster Charter (IDC). CEO imagery provides researchers on Earth with key data to understand the planet from the perspective of the ISS. Crewmembers have been photographing Earth from space since the early Mercury missions beginning in 1961. The continuous images taken from the ISS ensure this record remains unbroken.
Image credit: NASA
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www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
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Joining the thousands already in low-Earth orbit, 22 Starlink satellites will be launched. Starlink, owned by SpaceX, has stated these satellites provide internet services.
On Saturday, September 23 at 11:38 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 17th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6, and now 12 Starlink missions.
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) is a currently ongoing private crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on 21 May 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9
ESA’s Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), the centre-bottom box in this image, is seen here after its installation in SpaceX Dragon’s open cargo carrier ahead of next week’s launch. On 2 April, a Falcon 9 rocket will deliver this instrument to the International Space Station to begin its mission of chasing down elusive electrical discharges in the atmosphere.
For years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere were reported by pilots, but these ‘transient luminous events’, also known as red sprites, blue jets, and elves, are difficult to study because they occur above thunderstorms.
Satellites have probed them and observations have even been made from mountain tops but their viewing angle is not ideal for gathering data on large scales.
Then, in 2015, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen managed to record many kilometre-wide blue flashes around 18 km altitude, including a pulsating blue jet reaching 40 km from the International Space Station. A video recorded by Andreas as he flew over the Bay of Bengal at 28 800 km/h shows the electrical phenomena clearly – a first of its kind.
The Space Station’s low orbit proved again to be the vantage point from which a large part of Earth along the equator could be observed and these sprites and jets could be captured.
Researchers want to investigate the relationship between terrestrial gamma-ray bursts, lightning and high-altitude electric discharges across all seasons by tracking and collecting data continuously for at least two years.
Aside from being a little-understood phenomenon and part of our world, these powerful events can reach high above the stratosphere and have implications for how our atmosphere protects us from space radiation.
ASIM is an international project funded by ESA in close collaboration with NASA and is led by a team of scientists from the National Space Institute of the Danish Technical University (DTU Space).
Credits: © 2018 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved
4:08 p.m. EST launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Quickly cloaked by thick cloud cover, as seen by many Space Coast spectators, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted a pair of communications satellites into medium-Earth orbit Sunday afternoon for the Luxembourg-based company SES.
At 9:05 p.m. EDT, the 230-foot rocket packed with another batch of 22 Starlink internet satellites soared away from Launch Complex 40 on a southeasterly trajectory, skirting between the Florida coast and the Bahamas. It was visible across the state by fans at both Daytona International Speedway at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 and at Exploria Stadium in Orlando during the Orlando City MLS soccer game.
5-30-2020 launch of SpaceX Falcon9 with 2 Astronauts in the Dragon Capsule. It was a phenomenal historical experience
to see it live and hear the sounds.
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A wish-bone shaped display of Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean serves as a very colorful backdrop for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which is docked to the International Space Station, 226 miles above Earth. Earth's horizon divides the scene horizontally between the blackness of space and the dark portion of the planet. The photograph was taken by one of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the orbital outpost.
About Crew Earth Observations:
In Crew Earth Observations (CEO), crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS) photograph the Earth from their unique point of view located 200 miles above the surface. Photographs record how the planet is changing over time, from human-caused changes like urban growth and reservoir construction, to natural dynamic events such as hurricanes, floods and volcanic eruptions. A major emphasis of CEO is to monitor disaster response events in support of the International Disaster Charter (IDC). CEO imagery provides researchers on Earth with key data to understand the planet from the perspective of the ISS. Crewmembers have been photographing Earth from space since the early Mercury missions beginning in 1961. The continuous images taken from the ISS ensure this record remains unbroken.
Image credit: NASA
Original image:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/14088550263/in/set-721...
More about space station research:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
View more photos like this in the "NASA Earth Images" Flickr photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05
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Yay! Congrats Dragon Crew! Had grab cam and snap my TV for this historic moment! Go NASA! Go SpaceX!
Intelsat 40e satellite and NASA's TEMPO instrument at 12:30 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
After an 8:26 p.m. EDT liftoff from pad 39A and eastward flight, Falcon Heavy – essentially three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together – burned across the Atlantic Ocean with the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite and two payloads for Astranis and Gravity Space. All three were scheduled to begin separating from the upper stage four-and-a-half hours after liftoff. ~ Florida Today
Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is the historic site from which the crew of Apollo 11 left for the moon. It hosted 12 Saturn V launches during the Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 - 1973 and 80 shuttle launches until its deactivation in 2012. SpaceX now leases Launch Complex 39A from NASA and has modified the pad to support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
New iteration for Raven SSTO, Single Stage to Orbit. This isn't the heavy, Discovery. But the smaller one. For example, SpaceX's dragon capsule is 378 Cu Ft, Payload bay of Raven is 1078 Cu Ft. www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven.php
Iteration 10, almost clean sheet. U-TBCC propulsion, 6000F thermal resistance, 3D printed graphene airframe, Note the elimination of "blunt nose". Turn around time under 24 hours total from landing to ready for next flight. No external boosters.
Forward Thruster Bay, other then conventional orbital thrusters, also includes a reverse thruster which decelerates the aircraft pre re-entry into atmosphere from 16,500+ mph ground speed to apx 12,000 mph ground speed. Engines re-ignite once in atmosphere so it can fly to it's landing destination, ie not glide.
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