What was that puff of white smoke that emitted from the first stage after the entry burn ended? Mid-air venting?I saw that also occur during the Falcon Heavy side booster landings after entry burn shutdown starting with USSF-44.
Falcon and Cygnus go up and Falcon comes down to LZ-1. Crowds lined Port Canaveral for views of today's ISS resupply mission. Today I learned that F9 creates quite a landing burn haze.@NASASpaceflight mission overview: nasaspaceflight.com/2024/01/crs-ng…
I was planning on going down to the Cape for this launch but had work pop up so here's F9 carrying Cygnus from 75 miles away
Liftoff of NG-20 on Falcon 9!
Green Fire! Falcon 9s first stage comes in for a landing at Cape Canaveral.
This was the 13th time a Falcon booster has launched and landed ten times. And speaking of ten flights, with this 10th launch on January SpaceX has now met its current record for most launches in a calendar month.
Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/30/2024 04:33 pmWhat was that puff of white smoke that emitted from the first stage after the entry burn ended? Mid-air venting?I saw that also occur during the Falcon Heavy side booster landings after entry burn shutdown starting with USSF-44.Good Q, view of it attached
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 01/30/2024 04:36 pmQuote from: ZachS09 on 01/30/2024 04:33 pmWhat was that puff of white smoke that emitted from the first stage after the entry burn ended? Mid-air venting?I saw that also occur during the Falcon Heavy side booster landings after entry burn shutdown starting with USSF-44.Good Q, view of it attached Good Q? What does that even mean?
Falcon 9 transonic
Falcon 9 launches Cygnus and 8,000 lbs of food & supplies to the Int'l Space Station
Cygnus Lifts Off Atop SpaceX Rocket to Deliver Station CargoA fresh supply of more than 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo is on its way to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.NASA Television and the agency’s website continue to provide live coverage of the ascent. About 15 minutes after launch, Cygnus will reach its preliminary orbit and is expected to complete its solar arrays deployment about two hours after launch.Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1.NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s approach and arrival beginning at 2:45 a.m.NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will capture Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will be acting as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port.This is Northrop Grumman’s 20th contracted resupply mission for NASA.Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.Get weekly video highlights at: https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/videoupdate/Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov/subscribeAuthor Mark GarciaPosted on January 30, 2024Categories Expedition 70Tags Canadian Space Agency, cygnus, dragon, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Roscosmos, science, SpaceX
Cygnus Deploys Solar Arrays, Arriving at Station on ThursdayNorthrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft has successfully deployed its two solar arrays after launching earlier today, Jan. 30, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station around 4:20 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1.NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s approach and arrival beginning at 2:45 a.m.NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will capture Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will be acting as a backup. After capture, the spacecraft will be installed on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port.
