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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Because of wow. / Up, Up, and Away – and Down, Down, Down!

Up, Up, and Away – and Down, Down, Down!

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 11, 20196:00 pm| 18 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow., Space

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Folks,

Barring more upper-atmosphere wind issues that postponed yesterday’s launch, between 6:35 and 8:31 pm Eastern today, Space X will launch their first commercial Falcon Heavy Flight. Should be exciting!

Perhaps most exciting is their attempt to land three boosters simultaneously, two on the pad on terra firma and one on a autonomous drone ship. I’m hoping for an exceptional show.

 

 

URL is https://www.spacex.com/webcast

 

This video should go live approx 20 minutes before launch.

This really is a week for space. Yesterday’s amazing release of the first picture of a black hole and today’s earlier crash-landing on the moon by Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft will make this week one for the history books. Let’s hope the launch tonight isn’t postponed and is perfect. Fingers crossed!

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  1. 1.

    Brachiator

    April 11, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    Perhaps most exciting is their attempt to land three boosters simultaneously, two on the pad on terra firma and one on a autonomous drone ship.

    Hope they get it done. In honor of a possible three booster landing, a snippet from The Mothership Connection.

    If you hear any noise
    It’s just me and the boys
    Hit me, you gotta hit the band
    All right, all right, starchild here

    Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip
    And come on up to the Mothership
    Loose booty, doin’ the bump
    Hustle on over here

  2. 2.

    debbie

    April 11, 2019 at 6:38 pm

    Perhaps Beresheet would have landed safely, had it not been preoccupied taking a selfie!

  3. 3.

    Doug R

    April 11, 2019 at 6:46 pm

    WOOT

  4. 4.

    Brachiator

    April 11, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    Pretty goddam cool.

  5. 5.

    Uncle Cosmo

    April 11, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    Well, hot damn, 3 for 3 on booster recovery & the primary mission is nominal. Well played, Musk(rock)eteers!

  6. 6.

    Marcopolo

    April 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm

    Always nice to see technology work the way its designers intended.

    And glad to see there are still fans of our having a presence in space.

  7. 7.

    eemom

    April 11, 2019 at 6:52 pm

    When I see these “launch” headlines I keep thinking you mean the new website.

  8. 8.

    Uncle Cosmo

    April 11, 2019 at 6:53 pm

    @debbie: Next try Israel could do the planet a mitzvah & stuff that motherfucker NuttinYahoo into the payload section

  9. 9.

    Mart

    April 11, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    Amazing show. Should have made some popcorn.

  10. 10.

    cope

    April 11, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    OK, not a great image but I caught the launch from the back yard with mrs. cope encouraging me to “TAKE MORE PICTURES!”. Today’s launch is down toward the bottom of this page from my website. The other images have been taken over the past few years.

    http://copelandscienceonline.weebly.com/astro-pics.html

  11. 11.

    J R in WV

    April 11, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    @cope:

    Thanks for all those photos!! Still amazed by actual launches, even after seeing the Apollo guys land on the Moon.

    I guess we just gotta go to FLA someday when launches are scheduled.

  12. 12.

    The Dangerman

    April 11, 2019 at 7:39 pm

    No other word than amazing.

  13. 13.

    Hoodie

    April 11, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    Yeah, but no one will remember Musk because he doesn’t have his name plastered all over those rockets.

  14. 14.

    Mike J

    April 11, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    I keep reading that as the laucnch of the AirBnBSat and I think they’re getting away with too much.

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    April 11, 2019 at 8:38 pm

    @Hoodie:
    Musk tried to plaster his name all over a Royal Thai Navy rescue operation that was doing fine without him and his tech. He came out looking like an arsehole. Everyone remembers that.

  16. 16.

    Ohio Mom

    April 11, 2019 at 9:14 pm

    @debbie: I can’t help but wonder if the universe wasn’t sending Bibi and the rest of Israel a message in Beresheet’s crash.

  17. 17.

    Emerald

    April 11, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    Even more for space! Our Curiosity rover finally fulfilled her dream and drilled into Martian clay! It was so soft that when she removed her drill, the whole area around the drill moved a bit.

    Science about that to come!

  18. 18.

    Ben Cisco

    April 11, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    @Brachiator: I’m down for any and all Parliament references. Well done.

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