Created 30-Aug-21
Modified 13-Dec-23
On August 29, 2021 at 3:14 a.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched its 23nd operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station from SLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
The Dragon cargo ship will deliver 4,866 pounds of supplies and experiments.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster touched down on SpaceX’s drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas positioned about 200 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral.
Photos taken from Space View Park, Titusville, some 12 miles away.
© Dennis Huff