Posted on Sep 5, 2020
APOD: 2020 September 5 - A Falcon 9 Moon
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "A Falcon 9 Moon." SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements. Launched August 30th from Cape Canaveral, Florida into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit, this mission was the first use of the southern polar corridor to reach orbit from the Cape Canaveral since 1969.
And today's APOD is the first (that I've seen, anyway) capturing a returning Falcon 9 booster with a portrait of the Moon in the background. Nifty piece of work in my opinion.
And today's APOD is the first (that I've seen, anyway) capturing a returning Falcon 9 booster with a portrait of the Moon in the background. Nifty piece of work in my opinion.
APOD: 2020 September 5 - A Falcon 9 Moon
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Good Morning, Most Beloved Brother Bill! Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
Darling Bill: I Love Astronomy! And, I Love NASA! And, I Love the Space Program! And, I Love the Constellations!
Darling Bill: I Love Astronomy! And, I Love NASA! And, I Love the Space Program! And, I Love the Constellations!
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MSG Felipe De Leon Brown
Hi, Margaret. What is there not to love about the Cosmos? I am absolutely certain that you would jump at the opportunity to travel into space. Right?
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Parrish & Topano - The Royal Falcon (Live at Peters Pop Show German TV ZDF)
An awesome Song, if one likes that style of Music. Taken from VHS, recorded on DVD and tuned a little. Please comment...
Belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, September 5, 2020 entitled "A Falcon 9 Moon."
Image: A Falcon 9 Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Katie Darby
APOD Background
Explanation: Illuminating planet Earth's night, full moons can have many names. This year the last full moon of northern hemisphere summer was on September 2, known to some as the Full Corn Moon. A few days earlier on August 30 this almost full moon rose just before sunset though, shining through cloudy skies over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Florida's Space Coast. A well-timed snapshot caught the glare of rocket engines firing below the lunar disk, a Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully returning to Cape Canaveral's landing zone 1. About 9 minutes earlier, the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket had launched the SAOCOM 1B satellite toward polar orbit. The fourth launch for this reusable Falcon 9 first stage, it was the first launch to a polar orbit from Cape Canaveral since 1969."
Parrish & Topano - The Royal Falcon (Live at Peters Pop Show German TV ZDF)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWWSDiLQWU
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Image: A Falcon 9 Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Katie Darby
APOD Background
Explanation: Illuminating planet Earth's night, full moons can have many names. This year the last full moon of northern hemisphere summer was on September 2, known to some as the Full Corn Moon. A few days earlier on August 30 this almost full moon rose just before sunset though, shining through cloudy skies over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Florida's Space Coast. A well-timed snapshot caught the glare of rocket engines firing below the lunar disk, a Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully returning to Cape Canaveral's landing zone 1. About 9 minutes earlier, the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket had launched the SAOCOM 1B satellite toward polar orbit. The fourth launch for this reusable Falcon 9 first stage, it was the first launch to a polar orbit from Cape Canaveral since 1969."
Parrish & Topano - The Royal Falcon (Live at Peters Pop Show German TV ZDF)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWWSDiLQWU
FYI Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Sgt Jim Belanus SPC Chris Bayner-CwikTSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreeneSSG Stephen RogersonPO2 (Join to see) Sgt Kelli Mays LTC Hillary Luton
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LTC Stephen F.
The Falcon Song, shot by Joseph Hunwick in Glastonbury Abbey
A spontaneous song of love and healing for a beautiful falcon
The Falcon Song, shot by Joseph Hunwick in Glastonbury Abbey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNYuLk_f75U
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNYuLk_f75U
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MSG Felipe De Leon Brown
Thanks, Stephen, for brightening up my day. I have continued to love falcons since my childhood. They seem to know (sense?) when a human being neither wants to harm nor has any fear of them. The falcon is one beautiful creature to immortalize in a work of art.
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