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A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket takes off from the Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida just before dawn on 29 June 2018. Loaded at the top of the rocket is a Dragon spaceship that will deliver supplies to the International Space Station
Credit: Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel / Getty
Skywatchers who got up early to see a rocket launch SpaceX of Florida today (June 29) have been treated as a show as the Falcon 9 rocket was blazing in the vanguard sky, and the photos they captured are to be cut off. breath.
Topped by a Dragon spaceship, the Falcon 9 rocket takes off from the Cape Canaveral Air Station at 5:42 am EDT (09:42 GMT) to deliver 5,900 lbs. (2,700 kilograms) of supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station (ISS).
"We had a beautiful morning," said Kirk Shireman, ISS Program Manager, at a press conference after the launch. "I was going to say" breathtaking ", but maybe" waking up "could be a better word." [In Photos: SpaceX’s Dazzling Dragon Launch to Space Station]
While the Falcon 9 was carrying the Dragon in Low Earth Orbit, the flames of the rocket created a huge glowing halo at dusk in the morning. "These launches before sunrise or after sunset give rise to a spectacular show in the sky," said Jessica Jensen, Director of Dragon Mission Management for SpaceX, at the press conference.
"Basically, it's getting darker outside, but the sun is lighting up the plume like in space," Jensen said. "I like to talk about the space jellyfish that comes after us." NASA retired astronaut Nicole Stott captured this photo of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket by launching a Dragon freighter spacecraft on the International Space Station on June 29, 2018. “/>
Nicole Stott, retired astronaut from NASA, captured this photo of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as it launched a spacecraft used Freight Dragon at the International Space Station on June 29, 2018.
Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Stott
Nicole Stott, NASA's retired astronaut, captured this jellyfish Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. "Just wow!" Stott tweeted .
WOW – Even the Exhaust Looks Like a Dragon @SpaceX CRS-15 is en route to the ISS !! pic.twitter.com/oQCSSRXQTo
– Jessica Hellein (@jlh_424) June 29, 2018
Dragging behind this space jellyfish, the zigzag escapement of the rocket resembled the scaly body from a dragon this close-up view by the user of Twitter Jessica Hellein . "Even the exhaust looks like a dragon," she tweeted
Stunning #sunrise launch of #SpaceX # CRS15 # Falcon9 saw from the roof of the VAB.
(Pic: me / @WeReportSpace ) pic.twitter.com/SbIsCQtnuS
– Michael Seeley (@Mike_Seeley) 29 June 2018 [19659015] Michael Seeley, photographer and co-founder of WeReportSpace.com, captured a long-range shot from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, located approximately 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the launch site at Cape Canaveral. "Super launch at sunrise SpaceX CRS15 Falcon9 seen from the roof of the VAB", Seeley tweeted .
#SpaceX # 19459025 # Falcon9 Rocket's Escape Plume Illuminates As It Rises In the upper atmosphere, en route to deliver # CRS15 in orbit.
Wow. pic.twitter.com/vciH6QCjWm
– John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) June 29, 2018
While the view from the ground was rather cool, some passengers of the lucky airline may have to be had the most incredible view from the top in the stratosphere. While on a flight from Puerto Rico to Orlando, Florida, the user of Twitter @unnegroahi captured more than 20 photos of the Falcon 9 rocket while she was making her way through orbit.
At Orlando International Airport, where his plane was preparing to land when he was capturing images, other launching spectators were taking pictures of the runway.
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The launch @SpaceX this morning was quite the show of the MCO ramp. (: cscampoli) pic.twitter.com/6mbNr1z8bt– Orlando International Airport (@MCO) 29 June 2018
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