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Four astronauts shot into orbit on Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, lighting up the night sky on most of the east coast of Florida. The photo above, captured by Captain Kimo, shows the stunning view from Juno Beach Pier.

Commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi are now on a 27-hour voyage to the International Space Station in the first operational flight of a commercially developed Crew Dragon capsule.

Thousands of South Florida residents were thrilled with a beautiful light show while lining area roads and beaches, and holding private viewing parties at their north-facing waterfront residences. The Falcon 9 did not dissapoint as a long jet of bright fiery exhaust…

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This Saturday, September 19th at 10:00 AM, The Kennedy Space Center will host an Astronaut Training Experience for anyone ages 10 and older!

The all-new Astronaut Training Experience Center is located in Merritt Island, Florida, and is the newest attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The experience will bring you as close to training, living, and working on Mars as possible without ever leaving earth by practicing your docking skills, navigating the unique Red Planet terrain, and experiencing the sensation of performing a spacewalk in a microgravity environment. Using exciting and immersive simulation technology, you and your team will work together to solve real-world problems using authentic NASA science.

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The next SpaceX rocket launch is set for June 25th, 2020 at 4:34 pm at Kennedy Space Center! This means if you live in Jupiter or Palm Beach area, you should be able to see the rocket launching from your home if you face North.

MISSION

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 60 Starlink satellites from a Falcon 9. This will be the 10th mission in support of the constellation of networked satellites known as Starlink. The goal of Starlink is to create a network that will help provide internet services to those who are not yet connected, and to provide reliable and affordable internet across the globe.

LAUNCH VIEWING

Launch viewing opportunities for Starlink are available at the following locations at the main visitor complex:

North Atlantis Lawn

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