Sunday Sea Turtle
by terranovabay
The waters in and around Port Canaveral are alive with juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Caretta caretta, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Port Canaveral
Tag: Port Canaveral
From Antarctica to Port Canaveral
by terranovabay
The SLNC (Schuyler Line Navigation Company) Magothy general cargo ship is seen docked at Port Canaveral during the Starlink 11 Falcon 9 booster recovery. The Magothy was recently chartered by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command and ran cargo to McMurdo Station along the coast of Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze at the beginning of 2020. Its mission for the U.S. Military must not be over since the Magothy’s next port of call after Port Canaveral is Guantanamo […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Antarctica, Cuba, Freighter, General Cargo Ship, Guantanamo, Magothy, McMurdo Station, Military Sealift Command, Port Canaveral, SLNC Magothy, U.S. Navy
Dockside Stroll
by terranovabay
Two White Ibis still showing a hint of their juvenile plumage stroll along the waterfront at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Eudocimus albus, Port Canaveral, White Ibis
A bit charred
by terranovabay
The SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched the Starlink 11 mission returned to Port Canaveral aboard the Of Course I Still Love You droneship looking a bit charred from its two trips to the edge of space and back. Launched on 3 September 2020, the booster made it back to Port early in the morning of 6 September 2020. Click to view more photos of the launch and recovery including a time-lapse video!
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: OCISLY, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX, Starlink
Nursery Sea
by terranovabay
A juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtle keeps to the safety of the rocks along the channel at Port Canaveral. A little bigger and wiser and it will take to the open ocean to live out its life.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Caretta caretta, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Port Canaveral
Patience
by terranovabay
A Little Blue Heron is all attention waiting for something edible to happen along that it can grab out of the water amongst the rocks along the channel at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Egretta caerulea, Little Blue Heron, Port Canaveral
DM-2 Crew Dragon Redux
by terranovabay
Flashback to last Friday as the little Go Navigator with the DM-2 Crew Dragon onboard passes by the giant Disney cruise ship offshore of Port Canaveral. Click to view more images of the DM-2 Crew Dragon return.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Crew Dragon, cruise ship, Disney, DM-2, NASA, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
Red Buoy
by terranovabay
A red buoy in the entrance channel at Port Canaveral.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Buoy, Port Canaveral
Coyly Concealed
by terranovabay
A submarine looks to be doing its best not to be seen tied up at the dock in the U.S. Navy basin at Port Canaveral, which is a long way from the comforting secrecy of the ocean depths.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Port Canaveral, submarine, U.S. Navy
DM-2 Crew Dragon Return
by terranovabay
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that flew NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on a two month visit to the International Space Station returned to Port Canaveral late in the afternoon of 7 August 2020. Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on 2 August 2020. Click to view more images of the DM-2 Crew Dragon Return.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: astronaut, Bob Behnken, Crew Dragon, DM-2, Doug Hurley, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, Port Canaveral, SpaceX
