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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Northrup Grumman Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:11 p.m. EDT (2211 UTC) on Sunday, Sept. 14. The first-stage booster for this mission, B1094, making its fourth flight will return to Cape Canaveral for a landing about eight minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission, designated NG-23, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. (with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith)
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch space station cargo mission | 2:00:16
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('Civ note: I set the time index to the 10-9-8... NICE booster landing on land)
[snip] 4th flight of F9 #1094, 533rd F9 launch, 116th in 2025, 468 F9 reflight [/snip]

1 posted on 09/15/2025 1:10:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

3 posted on 09/15/2025 1:13:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: SunkenCiv; Red Badger; null and void

So it IS Rocket 🚀 Surgery 👨‍⚕️....

Or Brain 🧠 Science 🧪....

4 posted on 09/15/2025 1:14:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)

RocketLab stock was hovering around $4 for years. $7 less than a year ago. Now $55, all-time high.

5 posted on 09/15/2025 1:56:01 PM PDT by montag813

Fascinating. Thanks for posting.

6 posted on 09/15/2025 2:16:37 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)

It will be hard to catch up to SpaceX.

Competition is good.

8 posted on 09/15/2025 3:04:55 PM PDT by marktwain

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