Part 2: landing only 🚀 Flashback to SpaceX CRS-18 — A Journey Beyond Earth! 🌎✨ On July 25, 2019, all eyes turned to the skies above Florida as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket thundered off the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, marking another incredible milestone in the partnership between NASA and SpaceX. This was the CRS-18 mission, the 18th Commercial Resupply Service flight to the International Space Station (ISS) — and it carried more than just cargo; it carried science, hope, and innovat

December 5th - on this day in 2018, SpaceX successfully launched the CRS-16 uncrewed resupply mission to the International Space Station, using brand-new Falcon 9 booster B1050 and Cargo Dragon C112. The Cargo Dragon capsule spent 36 days berthed to the orbital outpost and safely returned to Earth on January 14th, 2019. The booster, however, was to make a Return To Launch Site (RTLS) landing at Landing Zone 1, but experienced a gridfin hydraulic pump stall, resulting in an uncontrolled roll. The

Part 1, lift off only🚀 Flashback to SpaceX CRS-18 — A Journey Beyond Earth! 🌎✨ On July 25, 2019, all eyes turned to the skies above Florida as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket thundered off the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, marking another incredible milestone in the partnership between NASA and SpaceX. This was the CRS-18 mission, the 18th Commercial Resupply Service flight to the International Space Station (ISS) — and it carried more than just cargo; it carried science, hope, and innovat