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Here is Starship shutting down at the end of the second stage burn as seen from Tampa, Florida this morning! Be sure to click the link for the full 4K video and the main telescope view, but here's a clip from the refractor riding piggyback on the scope!
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Here's a highly compressed 1080p preview of my footage. This is easily the best launch footage I have ever captured, stay tuned for the full launch to landing in 4K! Big thanks to
@LCS_Big_Mike
for running the focuser for me!
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
@spacestationguy
@RedsRhetoric
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Here's a clip from the footage I captured of the Atlas V launch this morning. Check out that SRB separation! This was the first launch I filmed with the new 11" scope and it's doing a killer job. 4K vid of the launch coming to my channel soon.
@torybruno
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I was able to film Starship while it was south of Florida!!! It wasn't visible at first, but then I believe the flight termination system activated because I saw a sudden cloud and found Starship tumbling. I'll be going live on my channel tonight to show and discuss the footage!
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Here is the processed and stabilized footage of
@SpaceX
's IFT-2 Starship explosion, which I filmed from the Florida Keys! Be sure to click the length for the full 4K version, including contrast enhanced versions of the video!
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
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Here's a quick and dirty time lapse of the last two hours from tonight's webcast of
@NASAWebb
heading towards L2!
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Here is my footage of Falcon Heavy from launch to landing in 4K! Thanks again to
@LCS_Big_Mike
for running the focuser and
@RedsRhetoric
for letting me use his static camera footage!
@spacestationguy
@DJSnM
@johnkrausphotos
@thePrimalSpace
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@SpaceX
Please let me know if my tracking shot of the Starship debris from the Florida Keys after its explosion could be of any use to you, I'd be happy to provide the raw footage.
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I can confirm I captured Starship's second stage shutdown from Florida thanks to awesome predictive tracking data from
@flightclubio
!
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Here is my footage of
@SpaceX
CRS-29's launch, boostback burn and landing, tracked with an 8" LX200 Classic using my RocketTraker software. Be sure to check out the full 4K upload on YouTube!
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@LCS_Big_Mike
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
@spacestationguy
@RedsRhetoric
One more shockwave frame for good measure! Just wow! I have no words for how gorgeous that is!
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Here's the explosion of Starship as seen from the Florida Keys yesterday morning. This is from my video viewfinder that rides piggyback on top of the telescope. The main telescope video is being calibrated and stabilized by some generous viewers and will be posted later.
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Here's a quick look at SRB separation as captured by the LX200. Full 4K launch video coming soon!
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@LCS_Big_Mike
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
@spacestationguy
@RedsRhetoric
Look closely, those lines are not artifacts, those are freaking shockwaves!
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@LCS_Big_Mike
@DJSnM
@spacestationguy
@RedsRhetoric
We even had visible shockwaves just before the landing burn thanks to some fortuitously placed clouds in the background, this launch really had it all!
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As far as I know, there are no public images of Amazon's new Kuiper satellites. That's about to change. I just tracked both of the first two prototypes satellites with this beast of the telescope. You can see an extended shape, not just a point of light in the sky...
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Heading back to the Keys today to hopefully capture IFT-3 flying south of Florida shortly after launch. Fingers crossed!
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I'll be going live at 6:00 PM to discuss my footage of Starship exploding and tumbling as seen from the Florida Keys this morning!
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Good morning from the Florida Keys. The telescope is ready to track Starship if the IFT-2 launch is successful, using the trajectory prediction from
@flightclubio
. We have some clouds blowing through right now, hopefully it all clears off in time for launch.
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@Jupiter_V_X
@DJSnM
That's what it looks like to me... We're going to go over the footage and take a close up look in 15 minutes:
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How did my telescope track tonight's Falcon Heavy launch before I could even see it rise from over 140 miles away? With the help of tracking data from
@flightclubio
, RocketTraker can automatically point the telescope where it expects the rocket to rise when viewing from far away!
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@NASASpaceflight
I've filmed launch to landing in one continuous shot, so reversing the footage would mean the boosters reassembled onto Falcon Heavy, in flight, going backwards... Also that would mean the shockwave is on the wrong side of the booster...
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Just sent
@Erdayastronaut
and
@considercosmos
on their way with the 10" LX200 provided by
@OPT_Telescopes
to try to track the Starlink launch tomorrow morning. I spent the day programming and testing the telescope. It now works with my satellite tracking software as well!
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I stuck around for one orbit after the launch and captured Orion and the ICPS during the TLI burn!
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Screen grab of the SRBs falling away as the scope tracked SLS. Can't wait to show you guys the full 4K video.
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Day 1 of the
#SpacetoberChallenge
and the prompt is "Rocket," so here's an 8 frame stack from the USSF-67 Falcon Heavy launch!
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My setup is ready to track Starship as it flies south of Florida during the launch. Very tricky task to do this during the day, we'll see how it goes. I'll be using trajectory data from
@flightclubio
to track where it expects Starship to be.
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Originally I wasn't going to have any good opportunities to track ISS with Starliner still docked, but thanks to the delays in undocking I caught some footage of ISS with Starliner still docked this morning!
Teams from
@NASA
and
@BoeingSpace
are targeting NET 10:10pm ET June 25 for the undocking of the
#Starliner
spacecraft from
@Space_Station
, landing early June 26 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
More:
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@SpaceX
@Space_Station
The delay gave me a chance to spot Ax-3's Dragon still docked to ISS this evening.
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I caught a bright flare of the
@NASAWebb
at 2:08 UT. It returned to normal brightness by 2:10 UT. Here's a blink between 1 minute exposures taken at 2:08 and 2:10 UT. Was JWST adjusting its attitude after the correction burn, did I catch the sun glinting off it as it rotated?
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Let's see if I can spot Starship flying by Florida once again!
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@DJSnM
@Marco_Langbroek
It was about 48 degrees elevation at an azimuth of about 220 degrees when my scope could no longer keep up with it after the FTS fired. Was still intact and tumbling at that time. Viewing site coordinates in screenshot.
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This may be the best footage of ISS I've captured so far, and if you look closely you can even see the difference in colors between bright white Dragon and the darker gray Starliner! This is just a teaser, so click the link for the full length 4K video!
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Here's a 40 minute time lapse of Viasat-3 in geostationary orbit last night, next to Galaxy 36. Viasat-3 was launched by the latest Falcon Heavy to fly, and was the first Falcon Heavy to fly in a fully expendable mode.
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Simply amazing views. May not have been able to see it from the Keys this time, but if seeing Starship during the day from Florida requires it to explode on ascent, then I'd rather not see it during the day from Florida!
Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma
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Not 100% sure, but quite possible I picked up this lovely piece of metal during my trip to or from the Keys. Tire place won't touch it, too close to the wall, so it's new tires for me. Aiming to release stabilized footage of IFT-2 tomorrow. Looks very interesting.
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I was able to stack some frames of Starship's engines shutting down during IFT-4! With the 11" telescope you can clearly see Starship against the blue sky in Florida, though it was only in frame thanks to the accurate trajectory data from
@flightclubio
!
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Let's go! I'm here in the Keys, ready to track Starship!
Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT →
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Here's a still frame from tracking ISS this morning. You can see SpaceX DM-2 docked at the bottom of the station in the image. Going to give it another try tomorrow morning and hopefully keep it in view for longer so I can tweak the focus during tracking.
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Goodnight from the Florida Keys, where I will be trying to track Starship as it flies south of Florida tomorrow morning during the
@SpaceX
IFT-2 launch. If successful, check back for footage of a truly unique view of Starship.
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I'll be attempting to track Starship from Florida, and if I catch anything it'll be streamed to
@Erdayastronaut
's live stream. Very challenging to do during the day though. Without a mishap during second stage flight it's unlikely for me to be able to find it.
Targeting Thursday, June 6 for Starship’s fourth flight test.
A 120-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT →
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@GregorUras
@PlotACourse
@SpaceX
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
They asked for them actually, and thanked me for sending.
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@SpaceX
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
Special thanks to
@TechSpatiales
for processing/stabilizing the footage and to
@stim3on
and
@tw__astro
for additional help processing the footage!
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Currently going through old family videos and photos taken at the space station processing facility over the years. I had forgotten just how much of ISS we got to see on the ground before it was launched, so I'm putting together a compilation of ISS construction!
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Doing practice runs today before DM-2. The NexStar is projecting a laser while playing back a recording of my Arabsat tracking. The LX200 is following it automatically, using a video viewfinder. The joystick provides the ability to take over manual control.
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Wow!!!! Check out my tracking footage of the
@SpaceX
Crew-6 re-entry over Florida! I was able to follow the capsule with joystick tracking on my 11" Celestron NexStar using RocketTraker!
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From the main telescope. It's faint against the blue sky, but to the left of the gas emissions, you can see an intact starship from Florida!
@SpaceX
@DJSnM
@Erdayastronaut
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@Erdayastronaut
@Storyful
This is a huge ongoing problem with false claims on YouTube. There should be a fixed limit on the number of false content claims any entity can make with the content ID system before their access to the system is revoked. I've had my disputes falsely rejected so many times...
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Here's a single frame from the video. This is easily going to be my best video of ISS yet. The Crew-1 Dragon capsule is clearly visible on the forward docking port. There's a special surprise in the video too, but I'm saving that for its release.
Word on the street is that
@astroferg
captured some epic shots of the international Space Station just a few minutes ago. And he cannot wait to share them with you all.
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@DJSnM
@RedsRhetoric
@ThatGuyM88
I caught a brief clip of it emerging into sunlight just after the TLI burn, from the same spot where
@RedsRhetoric
and I filmed the launch just an hour and fifty minutes earlier.
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Here is the complete footage:
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Here's my video of
@Space_Station
with
@Axiom_Space
#Ax3
still docked last night due to the recovery weather forcing a delay in their return. Be sure to check out the YouTube video for the full 4K resolution video!
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Check out this incredible gif of ISS, tracked using SatTraker software by Josh Palmer with a Celestron CPC 1100, ZWO ASI290MM, Celestron Omni 2x Barlow, and Baader 495mm filter. Each frame is 40 frames stacked from the original video.
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@NASA_Orion
Amazing! Here you were moments ago during the TLI burn, flying over the launch pad you just left from about an hour and a half earlier!
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I don't think I can count on an explosion late in Starship's ascent making it visible in my finder camera from the Florida Keys this time. I'm adding new features to hopefully make it possible to find Starship in the main telescope even if the trajectory prediction isn't perfect.
Some additional details about flight two! I’m feeling like flight three should fare much better and hopefully see both vehicles reenter in tact! 🤞
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Stunning footage!
Despite the overcast conditions, Ryan got one of the best shots of Starship I've ever seen!!! Another teaser at Max Q from our 8" tracking scope w/ our
@RED_Cinema
Komodo X. Our continual upgrades (thanks to all of your support) are paying off!!! MORE TO COME! -
@considercosmos
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Thank you to all of my new followers, I know you've all been waiting patiently for my full video of the Falcon Heavy launch, and it's finally done! YouTube is currently processing the video and it will premiere on my channel in 6 hrs!
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Make sure to check out Everyday Astronaut's coverage! If I'm able to get Starship from Florida again I'll be contributing my footage to the live stream!
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Here is a view of
@SpaceX
Crew-1 docked to the
@Space_Station
from my telescope last night:
I caught it flying right by Jupiter, and then began tracking it directly using SatTraker. This is the best footage of ISS I've ever captured.
#SpotTheStation
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Here's a 720p preview of some footage I caught during the SpaceX OneWeb launch tonight. With the 11" Celestron you can see bits of icy debris coming off the rocket in 4K! The full 4K footage will be coming to my channel later!
@DJSnM
@RedsRhetoric
@LCS_Big_Mike
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The seeing was meh and I struggled to see the focusing screen during this pass, but here's sped-up footage of ISS from my live stream back on the 14th. Crew 6 will be launching to the station early Monday morning!
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Going live in 25 minutes to show and discuss my footage of the Starship explosion and large, tumbling debris!
I'll be going live at 6:00 PM to discuss my footage of Starship exploding and tumbling as seen from the Florida Keys this morning!
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I had the new version of my rocket tracking software ready to follow today's scrubbed Starlink launch. The program now uses
@flightclubio
's trajectory data to predictively track the rocket, even if you lose sight of it in a cloud. Looking forward to trying out at the next launch!
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This morning I captured
@Space_Station
as it passed 80 degrees overhead. This is some of the best footage I've captured! Even though Crew-4 docked to the zenith port, you can see the bright white Dragon over the front edge of the station.
#SpotTheStation
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2 frame mosaic from the LX200; we happened to catch DM-2 flying right by the moon from Titusville during this afternoon's launch!
@RedsRhetoric
@DJSnM
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That vapor cone! Tracked thanks to
@flightclubio
data. Still have a bug or two to sort out with my scope software, but the progress is looking very good and makes tracking these fantastic moments so much easier!
@torybruno
@NASAPersevere
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I've done a complete overhaul of how RocketTraker handles trajectory data from
@flightclubio
, it now adaptively moves through the trajectory based on the observed position of the rocket. How well will it work in reality? I'll find out tomorrow at the next Falcon Heavy launch...
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@Explorer_Flight
@SciGuySpace
Orion will be much less than a pixel wide for basically any scope an amateur could use, so I don't think it will be possible to see it against the moon as a silhouette. I've been able to capture it with a 20" scope and the glare from the moon is already making it difficult.
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Poor Dexter is feeling the need to shred some toys to vent his stress this morning.
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Lucy located! The streak in the red circle is the Lucy spacecraft as it departs Earth tonight! Captured with an 8" Meade LX200 Classic and SBIG ST-2000XCM 2x2 binning. I'll be posting a time lapse of these images along with the launch video to my channel later.
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I just finished creating this HDR of the total eclipse by stacking two different exposure settings on the Blackmagic, plus data from
@RedsRhetoric
's P1000, and using a radial unsharp mask filter in IRIS to bring out the tenuous details in the solar corona.
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Once again, huge shout out to
@flightclubio
for providing the trajectory data I used to predictively track Starship with the telescope! That's the only reason it was looking in exactly the right place at the right time!
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I put together this panorama of JWST from three stacks of images taken during my 6 hour webcast. Why does the path appear to curve one way, and then back the other way? We'll do a deep dive on that in my next video (spoiler alert, Earth's rotation is the key).
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Holy cow! 😯
Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico
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@johnkrausphotos
Will do as soon as I can. Didn't have enough time to process the raw file before I had to head to work, will finish it as soon as I get home. With a little effort I should be able to make a measurement of the solar array wingspan...
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Here's my 4 hour time lapse of Jupiter, with field rotation removed automatically based on its predicted motion from my location using custom Python software. I'm pretty happy with the result, so I'll work on cleaning up the code for a public release!
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Here it is, my footage of
@amazon
's
@ProjectKuiper
prototype satellites taken earlier this morning using my 11" Celestron NexStar and open source SatTraker software. To my knowledge, this is the first public image of a deployed Kuiper satellite.
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It's finally done! Here's my summary of tracking Artemis I from launch to just before entry! Thanks to
@WheresWal11y
for his images of
@NASA_Orion
on the return leg, enabling me to measure its distance by parallax for a second time during the mission!
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Hey
@MissionToPsyche
, it looks like you have a companion for now. The Falcon Heavy upper stage was very close to the Psyche spacecraft early this morning, only 0.005 degrees away as seen from T72 on
@iTelescope_Net
. Psyche is dim, so I progressively increase the contrast here.
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My profound thanks to
@considercosmos
and
@Erdayastronaut
for purchasing and sending me a parts scope I can gut to repair my LX200. You guys are truly the best.
Bad news on the LX200. I've ruled out the issue being in the power panel or hand controller, in addition to ruling out the declination motor. That means the issue is probably on the main board, probably a bad cap. Will continue to work on repairing it, but will take some time.
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Here's a short clip of Saturn from the 11" NexStar during opposition last weekend.
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What an incredible launch! I was able to capture some gorgeous footage from launch to landing with the 11" Celestron NexStar GPS, and I can't wait to share it with you all in 4K. Stay tuned!
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@OwenBenjamin
It wasn't released to the press, it was taken by a launch photographer who deliberately planned the shot that way. You cropped out his logo and did not credit the source,
@TrevorMahlmann
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Aurora alert! Look to the north, you can see the aurora borealis from Florida tonight!
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@thomasdglenn
Great shot! I tracked ISS a few days ago and coincidentally had almost exactly the same angle on ISS in my shot (but without Saturn).
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@Erdayastronaut
Thank you so much! I can't wait to do this kind of tracking with Starship! And to think YOU will be on board one of them eventually, bound for the moon! I'm going to document as much of your trip from the ground as I possibly can!
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Dexter says thank you for all of the support, he's doing good.
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@StarTalkRadio
@SpaceX
Don't forget, the Starship upper stage kept going for several more minutes, and even after its FTS activated and it exploded, I was able to spot the nose cone section still intact from the Florida Keys. It was not caved in, ergo, it didn't hit anything.
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Here's my stack of Saturn at opposition last night, taken during the webcast!
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Someone I know is going to the moon. My mind is blown! As I did with Artemis I, I intend to track
@Erdayastronaut
and the others in Starship in deep space on its way to and from the moon. Let's go!
I am beyond excited to announce that I was chosen as a crew member for dearMoon! This has already been an amazing adventure and there's lots more to come. I cannot wait to share it with you all! Read more about it here!
#dearMoonCrew
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@spacesudoer
@elonmusk
I'm glad my watermark is visible, but in the future, please tag my handle
@astroferg
as the videographer when using my clips. Thank you.
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