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Blastoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
on the Dragon CRS-18 cargo mission for NASA to the International Space Station
on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. ET from Space Launch
Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with 2.5 tons of science and supplies - in
this remote camera view from pad 40. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Ken
Kremer -- SpaceUpClose.com &
RocketSTEM – 28 July 2019
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Spectators who traveled to witness the 2nd launch of a used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a cargo delivery run for NASA to the International Space Station were at last rewarded with a wonderful dinnertime wonder of technology and a beautiful blastoff Thursday, July 25 after wilting through awful weather Wednesday that forced a 24 hour scrub on Florida’s Space Coast.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched from Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. EDT, carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on its 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission.
Eight minutes later the now
twice used booster safely touched down back at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
to a crescendo of shockingly loud sonic
booms heard all across the central Florida region – thrilling everyone watching
and shaking the houses of those who were not for dozens of miles around.
The Dragon CRS-18
spacecraft was loaded with over 2.5 tons of
science experiments, research gear, supplies, computer hardware, a spacesuit, food,
water and a new docking mechanism to enable the docking of private SpaceX Taxi
vehicles which will ferry astronauts to and from the massive the low Earth orbiting
research outpost, as well as a 3D bio printer, 40 mice and a host of biological
microgravity research experiments.
Two days after liftoff and a carefully choreographed
series of thruster firing and while the International Space Station was traveling some
267 miles (469 km) over southern Chile, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch grappled the Dragon CRS-18
resupply ship at 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 GMT), July 27, using the space station’s 57
foot long robotic arm Canadarm2.
Watch my commentary about the SpaceX launch of NASA cargo including the IDA-3 docking adapter
at Fox 35 TV News at the 2nd video of this link:
Ken was onsite
at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for live
reporting of the SpaceX CRS-18 mission launch.
Watch for Ken’s continuing
onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman
and more space and mission reports direct from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.
Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news: www.kenkremer.com –www.spaceupclose.com – twitter @ken_kremer – email: ken at kenkremer.com
Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Spectators who traveled to witness the 2nd launch of a used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a cargo delivery run for NASA to the International Space Station were at last rewarded with a wonderful dinnertime wonder of technology and a beautiful blastoff Thursday, July 25 after wilting through awful weather Wednesday that forced a 24 hour scrub on Florida’s Space Coast.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched from Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. EDT, carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on its 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission.
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A used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch
Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for SpaceX’s 18th
Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on July
25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m with the CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship and 2.5 tons of science
and supplies - as seen from the VAB roof. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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The now twice used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soft lands for 2nd
time eight minutes after stunning lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply
Services mission to the International Space Station on July 25, 2019, at 6:01
p.m with the CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship and 2.5 tons of science and supplies. Credit:
Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Check out our gallery
of Space UpClose eyewitness photos captured at launch pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Air
Force and the Kennedy Space Center – from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly
Building (VAB) and around the Launch Complex 39 Press Site.
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After blastoff LOX steams along out outer skin of SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket on the Dragon CRS-18 cargo mission for NASA to the International
Space Station on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Florida with 2.5 tons of science and supplies - in
this remote camera view from pad 40. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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After blastoff LOX steams along out outer skin of SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket on the Dragon CRS-18 cargo mission for NASA to the International
Space Station on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station in Florida with 2.5 tons of science and supplies - in
this remote camera view from pad 40. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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UpClose prelaunch view of
SpaceX Dragon CRS-18 cargo freighter atop Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida. Credit:
Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch
Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for SpaceX’s 18th
Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on July
25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m with the CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship and 2.5 tons of science
and supplies in this view from VAB roof. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Landing legs deploy as now twice used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
soft lands for 2nd time eight minutes after stunning lift off from
Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for
SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space
Station on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m with the CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship and 2.5
tons of science and supplies. Credit: Ken
Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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| The now twice used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soft lands for 2nd time eight minutes after stunning lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m with the CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship and 2.5 tons of science and supplies. Credit: Ken |
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Dr. Ken Kremer/Space UpClose July 24, 2019 interview with Fox
35 Orlando TV News about the SpaceX CRS-18 mission to the ISS. Screenshot Credit:
Fox 35/Ken Kremer
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SpaceX CRS-18 prelaunch briefing for NASA CRS-18
resupply mission to ISS on July 24, 2019 at NASA Kennedy Space Center press
site. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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Techshot 3D BioFabrication
Facility (BFF) is the first ever 3D printer capable of manufacturing human
tissue in orbit. This 500 lb unit was on
display at the KSC press site. Credit:
Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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View
of International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA-2) being processed inside the Space
Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA Kennedy Space Center for launch to
the ISS in the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon on the CRS-9 mission in 2016. It was connected
to the station to provide a port for Commercial Crew spacecraft carrying
astronauts to dock to the orbiting laboratory and was first used on the Crew Dragon
Demo-1 mission in March 2019. The identical IDA-1 was destroyed during SpaceX
CRS-7 launch failure on June 28, 2015. IDA-3 launched on CRS-18. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands poised for lift off at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida for the
company’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the
International Space Station - in this up close view from pad 40 with media remote cameras in view. After poor weather
scrub July 24, 2019, launch rescheduled for 6:01 p.m. EDT, July 25. Credit: Ken
Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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NASA KSC prelaunch briefing for NASA SpaceX CRS-18 Dragon
resupply mission to the ISS with media colleagues and myself on July 24, 2019.
Credit: NASA
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Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news: www.kenkremer.com –www.spaceupclose.com – twitter @ken_kremer – email: ken at kenkremer.com
Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics.
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The SpaceX Dragon CRS-18
spacecraft is in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after it was
captured over southern Chile on July 27, 2019. Credit: NASA
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UpClose prelaunch view of SpaceX Falcon 9 landing legs for Dragon
CRS-18 cargo mission for NASA to ISS at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida launched on July 25, 2019. Credit: Ken
Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
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The SpaceX Dragon CRS-18
commercial cargo freighter approaches the ISS prior to capture with Canadarm2
robotic arm over southern Chile on July 27, 2019. Credit: NASA
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