From inside the SpaceX Dragon, looking back at the ISS on the infrared-cam.

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Amazingly, moments later, a rolled up towel floated across the frame and into Bob’s lap.

“A towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry. Partly because it has great practical value. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc.” — from the HHGTTG

2 responses to “Leaving the Station for Earth”

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    jurvetson

    Moment of undocking today

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    jurvetson

    Top of the news today:And a good overview and photo collection in Ars Technica: "This was an extraordinary day," said Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, during a post-flight news conference. "It was an enormous relief after months of anxiety."

    "We are entering a new era of spaceflight," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who has supported public-private partnerships to leverage NASA know-how and the drive of private industry to push spaceflight forward. "The Commercial Crew Program has really just proven the business model for how we go forward, and how we do more than we’ve ever been able to do before."

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