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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink Satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18, 2024 at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT on May 18).

According to Space.com, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff as planned, touching down on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 21st flight for the booster, a new record.

Credit: SpaceX
Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink batch on booster's record-breaking 21st flight, nails landing | 8:29
VideoFromSpace | 1.77M subscribers | 11,130 views | May 18, 2024
Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink batch on booster's record-breaking 21st flight, nails landing | 8:29 | VideoFromSpace | 1.77M subscribers | 11,130 views | May 18, 2024

1 posted on 05/19/2024 6:00:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

While I cheer any American flight into space, Blue Origin is a joke. Sure it gets up to 65 miles, but it is back on the ground in 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Not really into space, not into orbit, just a carnival ride.


3 posted on 05/19/2024 6:06:34 PM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: All

I missed out on the Titan submersible to see the Titanic, I’ll try this one out. My luck has to change.


7 posted on 05/19/2024 6:21:17 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Why aren't eleven and twelve pronounced like one teen and two teen?)
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To: SunkenCiv

“A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-25 mission from Texas on May 19, 2025.”

Apparently it’s not really scheduled to fly until 364 days from now.


13 posted on 05/20/2024 12:43:47 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: SunkenCiv

No Elon and his Falcon 9+Dragon launches people into space as in orbit. Bezo little mushroom head rocket launches people into a ballistic path up and down never into orbit. It doesn’t matter if you pass the Kalman line it’s still not space flight. Try again Bezo.


15 posted on 05/20/2024 1:06:56 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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