With Dragon on final approach to…. Jupiter! JK. It is my favorite image from this launch. Dragon had just fired its RCS thrusters, and the residual gas is backlit against the usual blackness of space. Dragon-2 has now racked up more days in space than the entire Shuttle program, and has made more trips to the ISS as well.

One response to “CONGRATS to SpaceX on the first Commercial Crew launch of the year… the year of the Dragon! 🐲”

  1. The crew on AX-3 were all born in Europe, a first for commercial space:Dragon at her perch, moments before launch:On their way to station… godspeed AX-3

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