Hi All,
In case you missed it, today we launched US astronauts from US soil for the first time since 2011.
Here Doug Hurley (L) and Bob Behnken depart the suit up room for Pad 39A
Just before they drove off, the Hurley family, wife Karen Nyberg(also an astronaut) and son Jack have a private moment, not including the NASA photographer!
Doug and Bob were strapped in and hooked up by the SpaceX suit technicians. Just before they closed the hatch, Doug reached over to peel off the name tag from his suit tech. You can see it in the upper left corner of this photo. That's going to be a great souvenir when he gets it back.
When they start pumping liquid oxygen, the super cold pipes cause huge condensation clouds.
Finally at 3:22:45 the Falcon 9 roared to life and the flight was on.
On the way to the International Space Station (ISS).
The rocket engine plumes spread out as the atmospheric pressure reduces at altitude.
This shot shows what the crew sees on their triple touch screen.
Here the second stage engine glows orange as the earth recedes. ISS here we come!
Meanwhile the Falcon 9 first stage has deorbited and landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic to fly another day.
Sandy & Carl (mostly Carl😀)
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