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Spaceflight Photographer. Former @NASAGroundSys Intern. Helped tell the Artemis story. @FRCteams Mentor. Occasional Cybersecurity Ramblings. My views are my own

Jan 1, 11 tweets

As we wrap up 2023, I wanted to share some of my favorite photos from the year!

To kick things off, one the the most "metal" rockets around, the mighty @ulalaunch Delta IV Heavy, which literally sets itself on fire. The penultimate Delta IV Heavy launch NROL-68.

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@ulalaunch @torybruno Arguably one of the more beautiful launches of 2023, Falcon 9 lofting GPSIIISV06 for the @SpaceForceDoD


At @NASAWallops, views from around Pad 0A as the final Antares 230+ lifted off, carrying a Cygnus Spacecraft to the @Space_Station. Both spacecraft and rocket are built by @northropgrumman.


Crew-7 headed to the @Space_Station.


Launch and Landing of Crew-6.


@ulalaunch @torybruno Amazon's Project Kuiper Protoflight, an welcome and unexpected return of the Atlas V 501 for one last time.


Falcon 9 transits the moon en route to deliver Starlink satellites.

Falcon Heavy launching the @MissionToPsyche, a decade long journey to explore a metallic world.

@ulalaunch @torybruno Atlas V 551 "The Bruiser" launching NROL-107/SILENTBARKER for the @NatReconOfc.


Falcon 9 launching ESA's Euclid Telescope - which has produced absolutely incredible images already in less then a year!


Of course we can't forget the countless @Starlink launches in 2023. I photographed nearly 40 dedicated Starlink missions this year, here are some of my favorites!

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