On July 15, SpaceX’s long-awaited autonomous spaceport drone ship named “A Shortfall of Gravitas” (ASOG) arrived at Port Canaveral. A drone ship serves as an ocean-based landing platform for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster. However, unlike all previous drone ships, ASOG has the capability to autonomously navigate to the appropriate landing zone and make its way back to port! This is … [Read more...]
To Nona & Beyond: The Launch of Crew-2
On a clear Friday morning, at 5:49 a.m., the Crew-2 mission lifted off from LC-39A. Launching into orbital sunrise, the Falcon 9 rocket’s exhaust plume generated a magnificent neon-blue nebula that stretched across the northern horizon – easily visible from many parts of Lake Nona. It was quite possibly one of the most beautiful things we have ever witnessed. The atmospheric … [Read more...]