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Eric Berger at thinks there's a pretty good chance that the crew will come home on a future spacecraft.

arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/

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has announced a popup launch tonight from Pad 39A. The launch window is 1:01 - 4:19 AM EDT. 😴

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Two birds standing by as I photographed the fleet.

The crow seems to be saying, "Hey, I said no pictures!"

The pelican was happy to pose for a closeup.

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I stopped by Port Canaveral this morning to take photos of the two landed boosters sitting on their drone ships.

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How do we balance aerospace and ecology on the ?

"Wild Canaveral" is a 1990 documentary by the local PBS affiliate about the history of the area beyond just the rockets' red glare. Although it was aired 34 years ago, most of it is still current.

You'll see a Roy Roberts in the documentary. His family owned the land where has built its operations complex. If you've heard of "Roberts Road," this is what it looked like before SpaceX.

youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7F4LlfmE

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If you're on the , just announced another launch for tonight, from LC-40. The launch window is 12:17 AM - 4:01 AM EDT.

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For residents ... returns to flight tonight with a launch from Pad 39A. The launch is targeting 12:21 AM EDT with a four-hour launch window. 😴

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says they've resolved the second stage anomaly that caused the loss of satellites.

spacex.com/updates/#falcon-9-r

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From : Elon Musk's messy divorce from leaves ugly grievances all around.

latimes.com/california/story/2

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From on the contract to build an deorbit vehicle for .

It's interesting that this is *not* a "commercial" contract like cargo and crew. SpaceX will build the vehicle then sell it to NASA, which will operate it, not SpaceX.

NASA will hold a separate bid for the launch vehicle.

All that said, I suspect that, in the end, SpaceX will do it all with NASA oversight.

spacenews.com/enhanced-dragon-

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This is an excellent Spaceflight Now article on how intends to deborbit circa 2030 using a custom vehicle developed by .

spaceflightnow.com/2024/07/18/

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BREAKING from : Elon Musk says he's moving from California to Texas because of CA's new gender change law. 😜

latimes.com/business/story/202

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From : 's Assault on a Fragile Habitat.

nytimes.com/2024/07/07/us/poli

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about to launch at 7:30 PM EDT. Watch live at Spaceflight Now.

youtube.com/watch?v=CmgMDzg1eE

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is now targeting 7:00 PM EDT for the launch. Lightning still in the area. Propellant loading won't begin until 30 minutes before they're ready to launch.

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is now targeting 6:30 PM EDT for the launch. Lightning is still in the vicinity.

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is now targeting 6:00 PM EDT for the launch. I can hear thunder outside my north Merritt Island window.

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is now targeting 5:41 PM EDT for the launch.

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is scheduled to launch at 5:21 PM EDT a with a Turkish satellite from Launch Complex 40. The launch window is four hours. Lightning is in the area (I can hear it outside the window.) The weather forecast is only 30% favorable.

Watch the Spaceflight Now live webcast at the link.

youtube.com/watch?v=CmgMDzg1eE

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Looks like the is pretty much out of the cone, although I'm sure they'll get storm surge.

Johnson Space Center in Houston looks like they're going to get wet.

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