Nows and Forevers

So awesome to see SpaceX Crew 6 and Falcon 9 launch outside my hotel window a little after midnight. I have been a space geek since the late Apollo missions (yeah, I am old), seeing a launch live has always been on my bucket list. So I set the alarm but woke up on time and watched the launch, first on YouTube and then in the open air.

Really, really cool night launch.

Probably 40 miles away but I could see it clearly. The rocket was visible for about two minutes, longer than I expected. The camera and video were crappy but the memory will stay.

And ironically, the mission commander is a New Englander, the pilot is from Pittsburgh and they said before launch that the capsule would dock with the space station later tonight over Cardiff, Wales, which as you all know is one of my favorite cities on the planet. It’s fitting it would be over Wales, as it’s the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Wales is the land of dragons.

Godspeed, Dragon!