Cape Canaveral is nearly 140 miles away, yet we can see rockets as they are launched here in Ocala, Florida. We were playing a game at friends house yesterday, but we put the cards down and went outside to see this launch. Flames from the first stage were visible through the trees, then finally itContinue reading “Up, Up, and Away”
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Leaving and Return
Recently, Fairy noted that a SpaceX Falcon was on its final countdown, and we watched the rocket ignition and then headed outside. Though it was over 100 miles away, the contrail and blazing rocket was clearly visible. The photo shows the gap in the trail between booster cutoff and second stage ignition. Both occurred asContinue reading “Leaving and Return”