The crew of Polaris Dawn have arrived at KSC ✨
Commander
@rookisaacman
, Pilot
@KiddPoteet
, Medical Officer
@annawmenon
, and Mission Specialist
@Gillis_SarahE
- all of whom will soon embark on a flight meant to push boundaries and test the technology necessary for taking humans
The final image taken by one of my 80D workhorses, having survived 50+ launches at multiple launch pads over the years. Terrifying.
This remote 📸 placed approximately .25 miles from the pad for the historic first test flight of Starship.
Starship got the best of one of my remotes set outside the pad. DSLR was ripped right off the tripod which remained staked to the ground. Lens found 10 feet away. SD card found 15 feet away after being ejected from the tumbling body.
No hope for cameras inside pad.
Damn…
Liftoff!! A Falcon 9 races into the sky with 53 Starlinks aboard, producing some dazzling atmospheric effects on its way up. Congrats
@elonmusk
and
@SpaceX
teams!
Another shot from this morning’s helicopter flight to watch
@SpaceX
's “A Shortfall of Gravitas” head into port. Note Blue Origin's Launch Complex 36 in the distance.
These views never get old.
Well look who made a surprise visit to their booster in Port Canaveral, the crew of
@inspiration4x
Happy to wave back and see your smiling faces back on Earth!
Workers move to secure
@SpaceX
's B1060 before laying the booster on its side earlier today.
It's been an incredibly busy month for SpaceX!
📸:
@ABernNYC
I have no words to express the frustration I have with the captain of the cruise ship that caused the
@SpaceX
scrub tonight. There is no excuse. None whatsoever.
REALLY up close and personal with
@SpaceX
's Falcon 9 rocket as it roars off Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's SLC-40. This brand new Falcon 9 successfully launched and deployed
@LockheedMartin
's GPS III satellite - SpaceX's first mission for the
@SpaceForceDoD
One year ago yesterday,
@SpaceX
launched the ANASIS-II mission from SLC-40, delivering a communications satellite for South Korea. This mission holds the distinction of being the first time that recovery ships Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief both caught the fairing halves successfully.
Here's another composite shot from yesterday's
@SpaceX
launch, showing the Falcon 9 rocket veering towards the southeast corridor shortly after lifting off from LC-39A.
It's incredible watching these machines fly.
@elonmusk
Another
#Falcon9
took flight today as
@SpaceX
launched an additional 49 Starlink satellites to orbit, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A at 1:13 PM EDT.
Just 17 days remain until the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System and the Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 3 week journey to the Moon and back 🌙
To the individual who downloaded my work, cropped out my watermarks, printed it for themselves and then had the audacity to brag about it on Reddit... go sit on a rocket.
LIFTOFF!!!
@SpaceX
successfully launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission for Italy after several delays.
What a beautiful night for a launch!
The scenery at the Cape continues to evolve.
It was great seeing
@SpaceX
teams work on installing the new crew access arm at SLC-40 this week, a major milestone towards expanding astronaut flights from Cape Canaveral.
📸 me for
@SpaceflightNow
Booster 1067 returns to Port Canaveral earlier this afternoon following the successful launch of SpaceX’s Starlink 6-22 mission Friday evening.
📸 by me for
@SpaceflightNow
The Moon sets behind
@NASA
's Artemis I SLS rocket as it stands on LC-39B earlier this morning. The vehicle is currently scheduled to undergo its next wet dress rehearsal test on June 18.
📸:
@ABernNYC
Nice to have a full morning of activity out here on the coast with both a launch and booster return to boot.
@SpaceX
's B1067 first stage is seen returning to Port Canaveral this afternoon after launching CRS-25 Resupply Mission to the ISS late last week.
Still cant find the words to describe how incredible it was to witness this Delta IV Heavy launch from just 1.8 miles away.
Prints will be made available later today at
Up next, SpaceX’s 25th Falcon 9 flight this year, scheduled at 11:21 AM EST.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle makes its way up LC-39A ahead of the launch of the
#USSF44
mission, currently targeting liftoff at 9:40 AM EDT tomorrow.
Note humans for scale 📐
The engines of a Falcon 9 illuminate the clouds above Kennedy Space Center after
@SpaceX
launched 53 additional
#Starlink
satellites earlier this morning.
Some of these photos taken at Port Canaveral on Sunday are quickly becoming a few of of my favorite booster return shots. Here's another of B1058.5 coming home.
Saddened to hear about the loss of Joe Engle, who piloted the X-15 to an altitude over 50 miles, earning him his astronaut wings. He was later chosen as a NASA astronaut and remains the only person to fly both the X-15 and the Space Shuttle.
A pioneering aviator and astronaut.
A close up view of a single RD-180 engine and three GEM-63 solid rocket boosters as they carry
@ulalaunch
's Atlas V rocket off the SLC-41 launchpad. This was the first flight of the GEM-63 boosters, which launched the NROL-101 mission on November 13 2020.
@torybruno
Fireworks from SLC-41 🧨🧨🧨
ULA beat the ⛈️ and launched the mighty Atlas V from Cape Canaveral, FL at 7:15 PM EDT Friday evening.
Congrats
@ulalaunch
teams and
@torybruno
!
#USSF12
Take 3.
@SpaceX
is once again poised to launch the
#CSG2
mission from SLC-40 tonight, currently aiming to liftoff at 6:11 PM EST.
We’re rooting for you, Falcon
A Falcon 9 rocket soars past the moon this evening, delivering the
@INTELSAT
G-33/G-34 mission to orbit after two scrubbed launch attempts earlier this week.
What shall become of you, B1069?
@SpaceX
's booster remains on its side in Port Canaveral after returning from its first flight last month.
If boosters could talk...
A Falcon 9 sits on the pad ahead of
@SpaceX
's launch of the CSG-2 mission, carrying the COSMO-SkyMed 2 Earth-observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency.
Liftoff is currently scheduled for 6:11 PM EST.
One of the few salvageable frames I was able to take away from the attempted launch of
@ulalaunch
's Delta IV Heavy rocket early this morning. Though short-lived, the fire and fury that surrounded this vehicle was incredible to witness.
#DeltaIVHeavy