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DM-2 Booster Return to Port Canaveral

2020/06/06 by terranovabay

The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster used to launch the DM-2 mission carrying Crew Dragon with two NASA astronauts onboard to the International Space Staton returned to Port Canaveral on 2 June 2020 three days after its historic launch. The booster landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship about eight minutes after launch. Click to view more photos of the DM-2 booster return to Port Canaveral.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Crew Dragon, droneship, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, Of Course I Still Love You, Port Canaveral, SpaceX

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Social Distancing

2020/03/14 by terranovabay

A cruise ship leaves Port Canaveral with only a single passenger visible on one of the balconies.

Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: cruise ship, Port Canaveral

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Prison Moon

2020/03/12 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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RocketShip

2020/03/11 by terranovabay

United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently renamed their rocket transporting ship to “RocketShip”. The ship is seen here in Port Canaveral unloading Delta rocket boosters to be used in the launch of a Delta-Heavy flight later in the year. The boosters are assembled in Decatur, Alabama and brought by RocketShip either to Port Canaveral for launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station or to California for launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Besides Delta rockets, the RocketShip also carries the Atlas […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Alabama, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Decatur, Port Canaveral, rocketship, ULA, United Launch Alliance, Vandenberg Air Force Base

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Sky Ablaze

2020/03/08 by terranovabay

A fiery winter sunset over Port Canaveral.

Categories: Weather • Tags: panorama, Port Canaveral, sunset

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CRS-20

2020/03/07 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