Prison Moon
by terranovabay
The vaulting sail-like architecture of Exploration Tower seems to be imprisoning the Moon seen in the dark blue sky at sunset.
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Exploration Tower, Moon, Port Canaveral
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CRS-20
by terranovabay
SpaceX launched its twentieth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-20) to the International Space Station (ISS) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:50 p.m. on 6 March 2020. This time exposure shows the rocket launch at left and the first stage’s entry burn, upper right, and landing at Landing Zone-1. Click for more information and the CRS-20 photo gallery.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CRS-20, Dragon, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, Landing Zone 1, LZ-1, NASA, Port Canaveral, SLC 40, Space Launch Complex 40, SpaceX
Exploration Tower | 5AM
by terranovabay
Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral as seen at 5:00 a.m. in the morning.
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: Exploration Tower, Port Canaveral
Altitude Unusual
by terranovabay
In a switch, a Brown Pelican passes below the photographer looking down from atop Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brown Pelican, Exploration Tower, Pelecanus occidentalis, Port Canaveral
JCSAT-18/Kacific1
by terranovabay
I have waited several years to get a time exposure from the observation deck atop Exploration Tower overlooking Port Canaveral of a rocket streaking into space. My previous attempts, halfhearted at best, were derailed by rain scrubbing the launch or problems with the gear. But it is not all joy. Crystal clear skies in the hours leading up to the launch gave way to unexpectedly cloudy skies right at launch time. I look forward to trying it again in the […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, JCSAT-18, Kacific1, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
TVC Scrubs CRS-10
by terranovabay
A gathering of space fans atop Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral eagerly await the first launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo missions to the Moon and all the Space Shuttle missions were launched from 39A and its nearby twin, 39B. SpaceX leased 39A for commercial use after the retirement of the Space Shuttle. As the 10:01 a.m. launch time rolled around on 18 February 2017 everything pointed toward getting […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Commercial Resupply, CRS-10, Exploration Tower, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch Complex 39A, NASA, Port Canaveral, Thrust Vector Control, TVC
Sea Turtle, Sunset, & Industrial Fireworks
by terranovabay
The Port Canaveral Fourth of July celebration was held on Saturday, 2 July 2016, with music, food, and crafts for sale all centered around Exploration Tower. The fireworks display was fired off on the north side of the Port with viewing restricted to the south side or from a boat out on the water. Getting there early afforded a good waterside setup for photography plus watching the day come to a leisurely end. Two juvenile Green Sea Turtles kept the […]
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Brevard County, Exploration Tower, fireworks, Fourth of July, Green Sea Turtle, Independence Day, July 4, Port Canaveral, Sea Turtle, sunset
Falcon 9 On The Road
by terranovabay
The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage used to launch JCSAT-14 is finally moved from Port Canaveral to a SpaceX facility inside Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view more images of the move.
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Brevard County, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, first stage, Florida, JCSAT-14, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX
JCSAT-14 SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage returns to Port Canaveral
by terranovabay
The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage that helped launch JCSAT-14 returned to Port Canaveral on 9 May 2016 around 10:30 p.m. but I did not get to see it until the afternoon of the next day. Though the first stage shows signs of the high heating and stresses it encountered on its long fall through the atmosphere it looks overall to be in good shape. In this image the first stage has already been moved onshore from the “Of Course […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Brevard County, droneship, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, first stage, Florida, JCSAT-14, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX
Sky Perfect Launch
by terranovabay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Japanese communications satellite, JCSAT-14, at 1:21 a.m. on 6 May 2016 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Following stage separation, the first stage of Falcon 9 successfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship positioned several hundred miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. The image is a time exposure showing the path of the rocket as it arcs over Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral. Click […]
Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, droneship, Exploration Tower, Falcon 9, Japan, JCSAT-14, Port Canaveral, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Space Launch Complex 40, SpaceX
