Crewed spaceflight has returned to American soil for the first time in over 9 years today with the successful launch of Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket. This is a 50-second exposure of the rocket captured from the @45thSpaceWing and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

(Copyright Michael Seeley / National Geographic)

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Tuesday afternoon in Port Canaveral: The history-making #SpaceX #Demo2 #Falcon9 booster returns after successfully carrying
@Astro_Doug
&
@AstroBehnken
to orbit and the
@Space_Station
.

Amazing.

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Tuesday afternoon in Port Canaveral: The history-making #SpaceX #Demo2 #Falcon9 booster returns after successfully carrying
@Astro_Doug
&
@AstroBehnken
to orbit and the
@Space_Station
.

Amazing.

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Flight-proven hero #Falcon9 booster: The worm, flag, meatball, "58" and grid fins as the #SpaceX #Demo2 first stage returned to Port Canaveral Tuesday afternoon.

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