猎鹰9号星云
(原标题: A Falcon 9 Nebula)
2021-09-04
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这不是哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的遥远星系星云的最新照片，8月29日清晨，这片被照亮的气体云和尘埃云让太空海岸的天文学家眼花缭乱。这张照片是凌晨3点17分在佛罗里达州泰特斯维尔的太空景观公园拍摄的。这是在SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭发射后大约3分钟，该火箭将执行CRS-23任务，为国际空间站提供补给。它捕捉到了从分离的第一级和第二级火箭中升起的飘浮的羽状物和废气。较低的亮点是继续进入低地球轨道的第二阶段。上面的是火箭的第一级进行助推器燃烧。当然，第一级助推器返回，在最新的自主太空港无人驾驶飞船上首次着陆，该飞船将抵达大西洋。
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Not the Hubble Space Telescope's latest view of a distant galactic nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 29. The snapshot was taken at 3:17am from Space View Park in Titusville, Florida. That's about 3 minutes after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the CRS-23 mission to resupply the International Space Station. It captures drifting plumes and exhaust from the separated first and second stage of the rocket rising through still dark skies. The lower bright dot is the second stage continuing on to low Earth orbit. The upper one is the rocket's first stage performing a boostback burn. Of course the first stage booster returned to make the first landing on the latest autonomous spaceport drone ship to arrive in the Atlantic, A Shortfall of Gravitas.
© Dennis Huff