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SpaceX Crew-10 Jupiter Island, FL March 14, 2025 |
The SpaceX Crew-10 launch happened last evening just before sunset. I headed to the beach, along with Chris and Finn, to watch the launch since the weather was clear.
I was reminded that launches are exciting as we watched the countdown on my phone and then looked to the sky to see the vehicle in powered first-stage flight before the flame was obscured by the smoke trail. Launches are always exciting to watch and crewed launches are even more exciting because there were four souls aboard the bright dot in the sky. Chris asked me of the crew was nervous before the launch and I mused that there likely was some anxiousness, but they trust the technology and are likely more excited about going into space that they are nervous about the performance of the launch vehicle and capsule.
Sunset over Tequesta
Tequesta, FL
March 14, 2025
Nighttime launches are a bit more exciting as we can usually see the boosters return to the pad, but not so last evening. Of course, we are about 120 miles from the launch pad and so we do not expect to see too much of the activity, especially in daylight. But, nonetheless, the launch was exciting on a beautiful cloudless early evening.
After the launch, we walked across the island to watch the sunset over Tequesta and were treated to a sundowner special. The clear skies meant that the sunset was localized, but still inspiring as we watched from a beach along the ICW.
It was a great way to put the exclamation point onto another day.
-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL