Pappy
Living the Dream
We are 44 miles from Cape Canaveral and it lit up our skies:
Beautiful launch last night....
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jujube
SF VIP
I went out to watch and unfortunately it was raining. Not even a glimmer in the sky could be seen. Usually we get a great view. Bummer. I love night launches.
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
Several years ago, we were in Orlando during a Space Shuttle launch. We drove over there and joined the huge crowds watching in the area. Even though we were miles away, it was still a spectacular sight.
OneEyedDiva
SF VIP
- Location
- New Jersey
Very cool that you could see as much as you did. I missed the launch but I'm sure I can find it on You Tube.
SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the AP reports. The linkup occurred 262 miles above Idaho. “Oh, what a good voice to hear,” space station astronaut Kate Rubins called out when the Dragon's commander, Mike Hopkins, first made radio contact. “We can’t wait to have you on board,” she added after
the two spacecraft were latched together.
This is the second astronaut mission for SpaceX. But it’s the first time Elon Musk’s company delivered a crew for a full half-year station stay. The two-pilot test flight earlier this year lasted two months. The three Americans and one Japanese astronaut will remain at the orbiting lab until their replacements arrive on another Dragon in April. And so it will go, with SpaceX—and eventually Boeing—transporting astronauts to and from the station for NASA. This regular taxi service got underway with Sunday night's launch.
