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Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper
(Launch Photography)
Explanation:
Shockwaves ripple across the glare as a launch eclipses the
setting Sun in this
exciting close-up.
Captured on September 17, the roaring Falcon 9 rocket carried
European Galileo L13 navigation satellites to medium Earth orbit
after
a lift-off
from Cape Canaveral on Florida's space coast.
The Falcon 9 booster returned safely to Earth about 8.5 minutes
later, notching the 22nd launch and
landing for the reusable workhorse launch vehicle.
But where did it land?
Just
Read the Instructions.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.