What Was That Light in The Sky Over Florida Last Night?
Geno
April 23rd
A lot of Floridians took to social media last night when a strange beam of light was seen to our east about an hour before sunrise this morning. No need to panic. The aliens are not invading. It was Elon Musk playing with one of his toys. SpaceX took off in a recycled rocket and capsule with 4 astronauts on board. They’re heading to the International Space Station. It created quite a light show for those up that late (or early).
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leaves a contrail as it flies to the International Space Station.
SpaceX launched the An international crew of four astronauts in a Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington.
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From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, react to comments after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceXs Crew-2 mission, on April 16, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide.
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough (L) and Megan McArthur (R) wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with crew mates ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide for the SpaceX Crew-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 23, 2021, in Cape Canaveral.
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Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building.
NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses next to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
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