This past week I’ve been waking up early almost every day to photograph either the International Space Station as it flies over or the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket that was scrubbed Tuesday morning, scheduled for Friday and then rescheduled for Saturday morning.
Here’s the ISS flying over on Tuesday morning. The ISS is on the right side of the image by the palm tree.
Here’s the ISS flying over on Wednesday morning.
Here’s the SpaceX rocket launch from Saturday morning.
On August 7th, I went to Port Canaveral to watch a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center. I rode down with one friend while another met us down there with his family. The rocket launch happened just after sundown, so we got a good sunset view over the intercostal first. We had arrived early to get a parking spot just outside the parking area for the cruise terminals.
My mother claims that when I was a kid we had unexpectedly seen a shuttle launch while walking on the beach, however I don’t remember that. Other than that, I had never seen a launch before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Eventually the sky turned dark and soon the distance lit it back up again. The rocket launched into the air and dispatched its four boosters while sailing off into the sky.
It was a cool sight to see, but given the chance a few months later to see a launch at three in the morning, I passed it up. The excitement wasn’t nearly high enough to ruin a perfectly good night of sleep.
I recorded video of the launch on my phone:
Mission: WGS 6 (Wideband Gapfiller Satellite)
Vehicle: Delta IV
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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