Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Image of the Day: Visualizing SpaceX's Demo-2 Launch Vehicle...

A composite image showing SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket (that launched the Crew Dragon capsule on Demo-1 last year) adorned with NASA's iconic 'worm' and 'meatball' logos that will fly on the side of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle sometime next month.
NASA / SpaceX

NASA recently released this composite picture of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket—with a Crew Dragon capsule sitting atop it—adorned with the NASA 'worm' and 'meatball' logos on its side. This is actually a photo of the Demo-1 launch vehicle that embarked on an unmanned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) over a year ago...but the U.S. space agency wanted the public to see how SpaceX's workhorse rocket will appear when it sends a Crew Dragon spacecraft (with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley riding aboard it) to the ISS sometime next month. Pretty cool!

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