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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.
Credits: SpaceX
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10-seconds: That's the time elapsed between the first & last frames as the #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket lifts 15,600kg (the heaviest payload for SpaceX thus far) of #Starlink gear to orbit.
(Pics: me)
The SpaceX Dragon craft is poised and ready for release from the International Space Station on May 21. This was SpaceX's sixth resupply mission to the space station and returned about 3,100 pounds of experiment samples and equipment back down to Earth.
Credits: NASA
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iss066e023948 (Oct. 29, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts check out their Crew Dragon Endeavour launch and entry suits several days before departing the International Space Station and returning to Earth. From left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet splashed down inside Endeavour on Nov. 8, 2021, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from SLC-4 on Vandenberg SFB, California. On Board were satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Danser un slow avec mon scaphandre : check. On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
SpaceX spacesuit slow dancing... yes! We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington as it is launches NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide onboard, Friday, April 23, 2021, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide launched at 5:49 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission onboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.
Credits: SpaceX
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Seen from California Adventure Park, about 236 miles east from the SpaceX launch site in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Around twilight on the evening of Friday, December 22, 2017, there was an object in the sky that had seemingly all of Los Angeles looking up in the sky. Some people speculated it was an alien invasion. It turns out that it was a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base generated a fiery contrail.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket hurtling the Inmarsat-5 F4, a commercial communications satellite, to a geostationary transfer orbit. It was launched from pad 39A which was previously used for the Apollo missions. Because of the orbital requirements for this particular satellite, SpaceX did not attempt to land and recover the first stage of the rocket.
If you are of a certain age, Lego's 'Classic Space' them magically landed in your childhood bringing the dream of space exploration to your toy box.
For this reason, the first generation of Classic Space - the blue and grey theme of 1978-1979 is considered the gold standard of Lego historic themes.
I am of that age.
So is Elon Musk - visionary, entrepreneur and space technologist.
I suspect that Musk is probably a fan of classic space - and I think I can see clear hints of the shapes present in the theme in his electric-powered Tesla Cybertruck, launched last week.
Sure, it was all splendid in shiny stainless steel - just like another of my childhood icons, the Back to the Future DeLorean.
In the back of mind though, during that somewhat bizarre launch event, my thoughts ran to "Maybe this is the Mars rover, and not the road car truck", then "I would probably look pretty cool dressed as Lego Classic Space."
So, here it is Elon's SpaceX Cybertruck.
Pas de balençoire en impesanteur mais il y a d'autres avantages. On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
An advantage of weightlessness: you can swing your friends around (gently). We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls & Joel Kowsky)
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies
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L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Il s'est passé des choses bizarres dans la Station pendant Halloween : un scaphandre errant s'est mis à déambuler comme un fantôme, et cette main qui surgit d'entre les morts... 😱 À moins que ce soit une farce d'Aki ?
Strange things were happening on ISS for Halloween: a spooky spacesuit floating, and Aki rising from the dead (or is it from our observation window?)
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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SpaceX LC-39A - a historic site which has serviced the Apollo Program, the Shuttle Program, and is being retrofit to support the next generation of space-travel
96-seconds of Gemini (and some neighboring stars) with a cameo appearance by the #SpaceX #Starlink train, flying over the Space Coast of Florida tonight at 9:11pm (ET).
(Composite: 12x8-sec exposures from Melbourne, Florida)
Starlink consists of over 5,000 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit, which communicate with designated ground transceivers. In total, nearly 12,000 satellites are planned to be deployed, with a possible later extension to 42,000. SpaceX announced reaching more than 1 million subscribers in December 2022 and 1.5 million subscribers in May 2023.
This launch was from Vandenberg AFB, California. Eight minutes after launch, the rocket returns to a floating platform (ship) in the Pacific Ocean so that it can be reused.
Une coutume de la Station (une de plus !) : on a l’habitude de célébrer les visites de tous les vaisseaux qui s’amarrent à la Station avec l’autocollant de la mission correspondante. Le Cargo Dragon CRS-22 de SpaceX n’a pas fait exception. Vous reconnaissez les 2 autres ?
Another space tradition, why not! Crews usually decorates docking ports with a sticker for every visiting vehicle, cargo or crew! No exception was made for SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22. Spot the two lefties on the crew!
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Visiting the SpaceX Design Center today.
A series of design models for Starship on the table. Checked out the full scale mock-ups for the bathroom and sleep quarters for the missions to Mars.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-2 mission, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 23, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Last night in Southern Georgia. I was pleasantly surprised to catch this, did not know it was launching.
The just launched SpaceX Dragon Satellite passes over Dublin, Ireland as the sun sets. Taken from in front of ther Obelisk on Killiney Hill.
The historic SpaceX’s Dragon capsule was the first manned launch by a private company. Nasa launched astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011, with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on board SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket. [Internet]
The Satellite is just visible at top left of the photo. I didn't realise I got the satellite in the photo until I did post editing in Lightroom
The Satellite was travelling at around 10,000km per hour and I took the shot at a slow 1/20 sec
NASA astronaut Robert Hines is helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after he, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Lindgren, Hines, Watkins, and Cristoforetti are returning after 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi onboard, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi launched at 7:27 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission onboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
At 5:04pm (ET) Wednesday, June 8, 2022, SpaceX successfully launched the NileSat301 communications satellite atop a "flight proven" Falcon9 rocket. The first stage booster, B1062, had flown 6 times previously, including for 2 crewed missions (Inspiration 4 and AX-1). The booster was successfully recovered, making it a 7x flown booster.
As we stand before this breathtaking image of a SpaceX rocket blasting off into the night sky, we are reminded of the incredible power of ambition and innovation. This moment captures not just a rocket’s ascent, but a collective dream—our relentless pursuit of the stars
On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington as it is launches NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide onboard, Friday, April 23, 2021, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide launched at 5:49 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission onboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
FURY (noun)
Def: 2. violence or energy displayed in natural phenomena or in someone's (Elon?) actions.
This is the 7/25 liftoff of the #SpaceX #CRS18 #Falcon9 rocket, seen from the pad.
9 Merlin engines, 7607 kN of thrust=FURY.
Well done, SpaceX.
I'm a bit vexed by the roiling cloud that is mostly obscuring the rocket. But, considering how little time we had to set cameras (15 minutes) and how long (30 hours) this camera sat outside in seemingly constant rain, I feel incredibly fortunate to have captured anything at all.
And, big thanks to Bill Jelen for picking up the camera that took these photos. I couldn't be at the launch, and I couldn't make it to the Cape Friday morning for remote pickup. Bill covered it all (including sending me the files over the interweb for me to edit), and I remain thankful for his constant assistance.
(Pic: me / We Report Space)
On a essayé nos scaphandres une dernière fois avant le retour, pour une ultime vérification. Il y a une légende urbaine qui raconte l’histoire d’un astronaute qui ne rentrait plus dans sa combinaison après avoir abusé de la musculation pendant ses 6 mois de mission, et non ce n’était pas moi en 2017 💪 Pas forcément facile à enfiler, mais on s’entraide. 😁
We tried on our spacesuits one last time to check that everything still fits! There’s an urban legend of an astronaut who worked out so much on ISS that he didn’t fit in his spacesuit (or in his custom-moulded) seat for return… it’s not going to be me… I hope 💪. As getting into the spacesuits is not easy, and maybe because it will be one of the last times we are weightless for a long time the pictures came out fun.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies
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L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet
SpaceX launched the Japanese ispace Hakuto-R Mission 1 robotic moon lander, and NASA's micro-satellite called Lunar Flashlight to look for signs of water ice hidden in the permanently dark crater floors of the moon's poles. After launch, booster B1073 returned to land at LZ-2 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
iss068e012319 (Oct. 6, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 members (from left) Nicole Mann of NASA, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Josh Cassada of NASA are pictured aboard the Dragon Endurance crew ship during a flight to the International Space Station.
The helicopter carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to Pensacola Naval Air Station is seen silhouetted on the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after the duo landed in their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)