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Tall grass, a bird and, of course, a rocket. I was in love with this image the moment I saw it. I didn't post it because I didn't get my remote cameras (this shot being one of them) until later Monday night, and Trevor and others had posted great images with the grass in the foreground. But, here's my tall grass remote shot, left wider than I'd probably prefer. I like it the way it is because I think it works great as a landscape shot that happens to have a rocket rising out of the middle.
This is from my pad camera placed in the high grass at LC-40 for the Monday morning SpaceX Starlink launch.
Keen-eyed viewers will see the somewhat famous Starlink mourning dove, flying away from the fury, and it’s to that bird I dedicate this image.
More importantly, I give great thanks to Scott Schilke and Mike Howard for retrieving and handling my cameras after launch.
(Pic: me)
On Thursday, August 4 at 7:08 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched KPLO to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
At 8:02pm (ET) Wednesday night, SpaceX launched the Inspiration4 mission and a crew of all-civilian astronauts to space.
It. Was. Amazing.
Godspeed, Inspiration4!
Pic: me / Nat Geo
At 3:10pm (ET) on Friday, June 23, 2017, Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched the #BulgariaSat1 satellite atop a "flight tested" or previous flown #Falcon9 rocket. Shortly after launch, the first stage of the Falcon9 was again successfully landed, this time on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship, positioned 300 miles off shore in the Atlantic. (Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
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.
As the sun sets, a Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The historic launch site now is operated by SpaceX under a property agreement signed with NASA. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket will boost a Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 18. On its 10th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, Dragon will bring up 5,000 pounds of supplies, such as the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III instrument to further study ozone in the atmosphere. Once mounted on the space station, SAGE III will measure the Earth’s sunscreen, or ozone, along with other gases and aerosols, or tiny particles in the atmosphere.
Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
At 7:15 (ET) on Monday, May 1, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched the classified #NROL76 satellite for the NRO from LC39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Approximately 9 minutes later, the first stage of the #Falcon9 rocket would successfully return, landing at LZ1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
This is a 30 second exposure of the launch, with a photographer in the foreground, seen from the NASA Causeway. I took a series of photos and intended to stack them, creating a long streak, but the clouds were too thick and fast moving.
(Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)(Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
JSC2012-E-057802 (31 May 2012) --- This is the first picture from the Pacific Ocean showing the SpaceX Dragon following its splashdown at 11:42 a.m. (EDT) west of Baja California, Mexico. It was released earlier in the day from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station following a precedent-setting stay at the orbital outpost. The Dragon spent 5 days, 16 hours and 5 minutes berthed to the station. The mission began May 22 as the capsule launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Following a series of tests of its maneuverability and abort systems, the capsule was grappled and berthed to the space station by the crew members of Expedition 31. Photo credit: Michael Altenhofen/SpaceX
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.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
Free to use under Creative Commons License with attribution to "Daniel Oberhaus (2018)"
This was the pad shot I was hoping for: a wide view of the #SpaceX #CRS15 #Falcon9 rocket, with the very bright 98.5% illiminated (and one day post Full) Moon looking down on the scene.
What I hadn't counted on was the enormous LOX cloud blanketing the ground. Initially I was a disappointed by the lack of definition in the foreground, but now it's grown on me.
For reference, I used a cool, similar shot by Ben Cooper; this shot has certainly been done before, and Ben's shot is really great. Also of note, Bill Jelen did an amazing sequence, with the Moon marching toward the pad in 5-minute increments before the launch.
And, no, this is not a composite. I realize the Moon looks like it was placed in the frame after the shot, but it really was that bright at the time of launch.
(Photo me: We Report Space) — at Kennedy Space Center.
Screen snap showing the breakup of the launch vehicle after capsule separation and the subsequent loss of stability.
At 7:15 (ET) on Monday, May 1, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched the classified #NROL76 satellite for the NRO from LC39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Approximately 9 minutes later, the first stage of the #Falcon9 rocket would successfully return, landing at LZ1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The Space X Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB as viewed from San Diego, CA. Photos by Deb Deatrick.
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.
June 16, 2025 - SpaceX Launch at 8:39 PM during twilight Blue Hour at Huntington Beach Pier. Photo Shoot with Kristina M., and Jon Racasa.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from SLC-4 on 2024-07-28 @ 0222 PDT. with Starlink satellites on board. Not the clearest of launches but it did create interesting clouds.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is the only commercial rocket launch where the first stage is landed around 6 minutes after launch.
In this shot I have captured the ascent profile from Pad 39a at Kennedy Space Centre and also the first stage decent onto LZ1 at Canaveral AFB, Florida
All captured on the GoPro Hero5 Black
In this case, the external carbon fiber aerocover from RP-1/LOX tank intersection.
I can share now that the "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booste" incredible SpaceX Blooper Reel just came out.
On Aug 22, 2014, we were at the Texas facility and I filmed the final F9R test flight (the footage is part of the SpaceX post). We started the day with a fun DQ binger, and as we drove out to the launch site, I joked about the big bada boom to come. Not sure why. It was the first flight with three engines going, and a lot more fuel than prior flights. It arched over and something was clearly wrong. Then BOOM!
I suggested to Elon that we should go out to the debris field for post-flight analysis... and artifact collecting!
Someone tried to cheer Elon up with a quote about learning coming from life's failures. Elon replied: “Given the options, I prefer to learn from success.”
That is the quote I am using on the placards for the wreckage remains.
A full-size test article of a SpaceX Crew Dragon fires its eight SuperDraco engines in a development test of its ability to land with the accuracy of a helicopter using only the thrusters. The company conducted two tethered tests vehicle attached to a crane so engineers could refine the landing software and systems on the spacecraft. SpaceX envisions returning people to Earth from space on the power of thrust instead of beneath parachutes. SpaceX, in partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is developing the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 integrated system to take astronauts to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from the United States. Photo credit: SpaceX
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One Falcon 9 streaks to space for the 20th and final time, while another Falcon 9 stands in Port Canaveral waiting to fly again (look for the green light).
At 8:34pm Saturday, SpaceX sent the European Commissionâs Galileo L12 mission to orbit.
I'm sorry, but, I'm not sorry.
The Press Site flag + countdown clock + rocket (!) combination is just too good to not turn into a Tiny Earth photo.
So, may I present the #KoreaSat5A #SpaceX #Falcon9, in Tiny Earth form.
At 3:34 pm on Monday, 10/30/17 #SpaceX successfully launched the #KoreaSat5A satellite atop a #Falcon9 rocket and, a few moments later, landed the first stage of the Falcon aboard the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship about 400 miles out in the Atlantic.
This is the view from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site, with the countdown clock and the SpaceX webcast visible to the right.