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Lucky 13 Strikes Again
CRS-35 Resupply Mission Launches Today In spaceflight, the stars seem to have aligned for Crew-13. Today, October 13, a SpaceX resupply mission lifted off for the International Space Station, where the crew has been orbiting Earth, launching less than two weeks earlier. At 6:33 am EDT this morning, from SLC-40 on Cape Canaveral SFS in Florida, the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off and put on a brilliant display in the pre-dawn sky. During stage separation, the sky erupted into the

Victoria Buckman
Oct 132 min read


Successful Crew-13 Launch
Crew-13 launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit Spacepoint/Victoria Jean Buckman. After a nearly three-week delay caused by the discovery of a leak in the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system, followed by an unfavorable weather forecast on launch day, it seemed that luck might finally be on Crew-13’s side. Could it have something to do with SpaceX launching NASA’s first mission to carry the “13” designation in more

Victoria Buckman
Oct 12 min read
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