Everyday Astronaut

Reacting to the DM2 Rocket Launch from 3 miles (5 KM) away

Reacting to the DM2 Rocket Launch from 3 miles (5 KM) away

I’m not crying. You’re crying. I was fortunate enough to be at the Press Site for the historic DM-2 Mission for NASA and SpaceX. This was the mission carrying astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket inside the new Crew Dragon Capsule (Endeavor Capsule). This was the first orbital […]

[SLO MO 4K] Massive explosion of a SpaceX Starship Prototype (SN4) at Boca Chica Texas

[SLO MO 4K] Massive explosion of a SpaceX Starship Prototype (SN4) at Boca Chica Texas

SpaceX lost one of its Starship prototype test vehicles after a successful test fire of its SN-20 Raptor engine. Reminder that this vehicle is in no way related to the DM-2 mission, the Falcon 9 rocket or the Crew Dragon Capsule. This is a test program working on advanced prototypes for the Starship program and […]

LIVE only 3 miles away from SpaceX and NASA launching humans to space for the first time!

LIVE only 3 miles away from SpaceX and NASA launching humans to space for the first time!

I’m just 3 miles (5 km) away from the DM-2 launch! Dragon 2, also known as Crew Dragon, is the first private spacecraft that can carry a crew into low-Earth orbit. Following the successes of Demonstration Mission 1 (DM-1) and the In-Flight Abort test missions, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is preparing for the DM-2 mission scheduled […]