Posted on 05/14/2016 1:08:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: On May 6, the after midnight launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up dark skies over Merritt Island, planet Earth. Its second stage bound for Earth orbit, the rocket's arc seems to be on course for the center of the Milky Way in this pleasing composite image looking toward the southeast. Two consecutive exposures made with camera fixed to a tripod were combined to follow rocket and home galaxy. A 3 minute long exposure at low sensitivity allowed the rocket's first stage burn to trace the bright orange arc and a 30 second exposure at high sensitivity captured the stars and the faint Milky Way. Bright orange Mars dominates the starry sky at the upper right. A few minutes later, booster engines were restarted and the Falcon 9's first stage headed for a landing on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, patiently waiting in the Atlantic 400 miles east of the Cape Canaveral launch site.
(Excerpt) Read more at 129.164.179.22 ...
[Credit and Copyright: Derek Demeter (Emil Buehler Planetarium)]
Beautiful but haunting in a Islamic star and crescent way
SpaceX is using the same technology that I am learning to test their systems
The Big One
|
Taking off from “Planet Earth”, eh? (Not to be confused with a rocket shot from “Mars Base Alpha”, I suppose!/s;)
Behind is good, I say.
Excellent post Sunkern, thank you very much.
Excellent post Sunken, thank you very much.
Another great post. This is a good one.
Thank You for all of your posts Sunken always great stuff.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
