Posted on Mar 12, 2020
APOD: 2020 March 12 - Falcon 9 Boostback
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Falcon 9 Boostback." This 84-second exposure over the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Florida) was taken during the March 6, 2020 night launch of a Dragon re-supply ship bound for the International Space Station (ISS). You see the final moments of the first stage boost, the plume of first-second stage separation, and the "boostback" of the first stage as it arcs towards the top of the frame (and back to Earth). SpaceX has returned a booster for reuse 50 times now. Pretty remarkable.
APOD: 2020 March 12 - Falcon 9 Boostback
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That was cool- morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, March 12, 2020 titled "Falcon 9 Boostback."
Image: Falcon 9 Boostback - Image Credit & Copyright - John Kraus
"Explanation: Short star trails appear in this single 84 second long exposure, taken on March 6 from a rotating planet. The remarkable scene also captures the flight of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station shortly after launch, on a resupply mission bound for the International Space Station. Beginning its return to a landing zone about 9 kilometers from the launch site, the Falcon 9 first stage boostback burn arcs toward the top of the frame. The second stage continues toward low Earth orbit though, its own fiery arc traced below the first stage boostback burn from the camera's perspective, along with expanding exhaust plumes from the two stages. This Dragon spacecraft was a veteran of two previous resupply missions. Successfully returning to the landing zone, this Falcon 9 first stage had flown before too. Its second landing marked the 50th landing of a SpaceX orbital class rocket booster."
The image reminded me of wings spreading out from the space craft. That seems appropriate fro a falcon :-)
Soaring Falcon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU4fwoMkgV8
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
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Image: Falcon 9 Boostback - Image Credit & Copyright - John Kraus
"Explanation: Short star trails appear in this single 84 second long exposure, taken on March 6 from a rotating planet. The remarkable scene also captures the flight of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station shortly after launch, on a resupply mission bound for the International Space Station. Beginning its return to a landing zone about 9 kilometers from the launch site, the Falcon 9 first stage boostback burn arcs toward the top of the frame. The second stage continues toward low Earth orbit though, its own fiery arc traced below the first stage boostback burn from the camera's perspective, along with expanding exhaust plumes from the two stages. This Dragon spacecraft was a veteran of two previous resupply missions. Successfully returning to the landing zone, this Falcon 9 first stage had flown before too. Its second landing marked the 50th landing of a SpaceX orbital class rocket booster."
The image reminded me of wings spreading out from the space craft. That seems appropriate fro a falcon :-)
Soaring Falcon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU4fwoMkgV8
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
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Good "Thursday" Morning Bill and thanks for sharing th APOD "Falcon 9 Boostback" with the RP Community this morning. I hope you have a great Thursday Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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