Last night's Falcon 9 launch was spectacular! The trajectory brought her right over my house more or less. Some clouds to provide contrast to the fiery orange flame trail....just spectacular!
Will post pics later. For now.....another try this morning by Starliner........
Watch live coverage as a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches Boeing's Starliner capsule on a crucial test flight with NASA astronauts onboard for the very first time. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC) on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. It will be the third launch attempt for the mission. The flight was delayed from May 6 due to trouble with a rocket valve and then a helium leak in the capsule's propulsion system. A launch attempt was scrubbed June 1 by a ground launch sequencer failure.
Aboard for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission are commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita Williams. If all goes according to plan, the Starliner capsule will dock to the International Space Station on June 6 for a week-long stay.
Find out more about the Boeing Starliner test flight and its astronauts by watching our mission preview:
https://youtu.be/TzVEdln_L8E
Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.