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VIDEO - Did you see the rocket over North Yorkshire
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Published by David Dunning at 12:45pm 31st May 2020.
NASA and SpaceX have launched first astronauts into space from US soil in nearly a decade
An initial launch had to be scrubbed due to bad weather, but Saturday's mission took place without a single hitch.
VIDEO - The rocket launch
VIDEO - @Sierra18ny Tony Walker and family see it from home in the Selby area:
I managed to see the rocket chasing the space station. Hard to believe that there are people on board travelling at that speed. #rocketlaunch #SpaceX #SpaceXDragon #spacexlaunch pic.twitter.com/WXvuXvpY7E
— Station Manager Tony Walker (@sierra18NY) May 30, 2020
Station Manager Tony Walker from Acomb and Huntington Fire stations stook this video.
He said
I managed to see the rocket chasing the space station. Hard to believe that there are people on board travelling at that speed
Douglas Hurley and Robert Behken will now orbit the Earth for roughly 19 hours before docking with the International Space Station (ISS) at 3.29pm on Sunday.
The pair were accelerated to approximately 17,000mph (27,000kmph) - 22 times the speed of sound - and put on an intercept course with the ISS.
The launch, named Demo-2, was the first manned mission for Elon Musk's spaceflight company SpaceX - and the first private involvement in taking astronauts to the ISS. SpaceX's part in the mission will last until the astronauts are safely returned home at some point between the end of June and September.
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