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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 Heavy Launch (2019-06-25)

    This video was recorded by me at Cocoa Beach, Florida and shows the launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It lifted off on June 25th, 2019 at 2:30am cartying a total of twenty-four satellites. Among those were the Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiement, Deep Space Atomic Clock, Green Propellant Infusion Mission, and Space Environment Testbeds. Just as amazing as the launch was seeing the two booster rockets come back down and land. See https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-technology-missions-launch-on-spacex-falcon-heavy for more info on this mission.

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  • SpaceX CRS-17 Launch

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    Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station as seen from my back yard. This launch occurred on May 4th 2019 at 2:48 AM EDT. More than 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments was delivered two days later. Launches can be clearly seen from where I live, day or night. However, the night ones are always much better…even if you have to be up at 2:48 in the morning.

    This video was taken with my Canon PowerShot SX40 HS. It’s not that great of a camera, especially being over a decade old, but it has a heck of a zoom.

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  • Craters on the Moon

    https://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/640897039601909760/astronomyblog-craters-on-moon-1-from-crater

    Craters on Moon:

    1° From crater Theophilus (100km diameter) below to crater Langrenus above.

    2° From bottom to top, dark titanium rich lava in the Sea of Fertility then the diamond shaped patch is the Marsh of Sleep. Small bright crater Proclus is thought to be a recent impact crater and has thrown out bright ejecta that is much lighter than the surrounding ancient weathered rock. Above is the rather hexagonal Mare Crisium.

    3° From the Sinus Iridium top left through the Mare Imbrium with the Alpine Valley in the centre. (This original image is horizontal)

    4° At the middle and bottom of this image, sunlight is shining on a mountain peak in the Alexander crater which lies beyond the day/night terminator.

    Image credit: John Purvis