SpaceX and NASA launched the CRS-35 mission this morning as the sun was beginning to rise, and the ISS was passing overhead. After liftoff and for the next half hour, the sky was illuminated by one of the most impressive “jellyfish” nebulae the rocket has ever produced — and that’s saying quite a lot.
SpaceX launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Sunday morning aboard Falcon Heavy. Liftoff was at 7:26 am ET from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. And seven and a half minutes later, the day got off to a booming start for many on the Space Coast today when a pair of sonic booms echoed across the area just as they landed at Cape Canaveral Space Station.
On Saturday, August 15 at 9:12 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar 2-R-1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
On Thursday, July 30 at 3:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-95 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 late in the afternoon from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The payload was Northrop Grumman’s MRV-MEV-1 satellite servicing satellite. Liftoff was at 5:15 pm ET and into partly cloudy summer skies above the Space Coast. Orbit was achieved at T+07:55, and the payloads were successfully deployed at 35:34 elapsed minutes into the mission.
After a two day stand down thanks to weather, SpaceX launched its first Falcon Heavy in 18 months from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. It was the 12th Falcon Heavy mission overall and the 31st launch overall this year from Florida.
On a day that saw SpaceX scrub a Falcon Heavy launch inside the last minute thanks to a nearbyh shower, United Launch Alliance had far better weather conditions later as the dusk faded into the night. They launched an Atlas V 551 at 8:53:30 PM EDT, sending another 29 broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit for the Amazon Leo constellation. ULA confirmed deployment of all 29 spacecraft shortly after.
The launch of Artemis II is coming soon at Kennedy Space Center, and it is going to be unlike anything most people have seen in their lifetimes. The last time a crewed moon rocket launched from this pad at Kennedy was Apollo 17 in December 1972, and the Space Launch System is even more powerful than the Saturn V that carried those astronauts to the Moon. The plumes will be blinding, the sound will rattle your chest and your car windows, and the moment will be etched in your memory forever. If you are a photographer, you have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to document history.
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