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Emily Calandrelli

May 30, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X

Reminder, you're watching the first rocket with humans on it leave the US in nearly a decade.

Perhaps more importantly, this is the first private spacecraft to carry humans to orbit - EVER.

T-5 minutes

#LaunchAmerica

Watch live - RIGHT NOW

This capsule. This capsule is so important.

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#LaunchAmerica

Here
We
Go

COUNT
IT
DOWN

#LaunchAmerica

HERE WE GO!

#launchamerica

Everything good so far!

#LaunchAmerica

Wow, there are humans on top of that rocket!

#LaunchAmerica

Stage separation confirmed!

That first stage is heading back to Earth and the second stage is bringing Bob and Doug the rest of the way to orbit.

Everything nominal (normal - looking good) so far.

#LaunchAmerica

5 minutes into the flight. already 200+ miles away from launch site.

Also - can we appreciate how great these videos are???

The video on the right is the camera on the first stage.

This is heading back to Earth to LAND ITSELF on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You"

Also...pretty interesting to note that we've never cared about the Stage 1 booster landing less.... I mean, yes it's amazing. But just like... not as exciting as what's going to orbit :)

Live video of the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" - IT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED!

Dragon separation confirmed - Crew Dragon is ON ITS WAY to the International Space Station!!!

"We hope you enjoyed the ride" - SpaceX

"Thanks for the great ride to space" - Bob/Doug

#LaunchAmerica

Feeling the emotions that this team is expressing right now. ♥️

You know who is the last person's opinion I want to hear about right now? the President's.

Reminder, the mission is not over. We can celebrate when Bob and Doug are back home in few months (anywhere from 1-4 months).

But this is such a beautiful start.

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@skrishna

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For an overview of what's happened the last ~6 hours - check out @skrishna's coverage.

https://twitter.com/skrishna/status/1592616391123034113?s=20&t=m1gUC5QfltAaH36wFl_u7Q

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@TSA

Yesterday I took down my posts about how @TSA treated me at @flyLAXairport. I was embarrassed at how emotional I was. I was anxious about the confrontation. So I deleted it.

But they make too many mothers feel this way, so I’m going to talk about it bc this needs to stop 🧵

Here’s what happened. Yesterday was my 1st trip away from my 10wk old son, who I’m currently breastfeeding. I’m going through security at LAX. I brought my pump and 2 ice packs - only 1 of which was cold (I won’t need the other until I come home, when I’ll have more milk).

I didn’t currently have any milk but I was planning to get a last second pumping sesh in before my ~5 hour flight.

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THIS 👏🏻IS👏🏻THE👏🏻WHOLE👏🏻POINT

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@NASAPersevere

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This thread shares some fun facts about Perseverance ("Percy") and Mars.

@NASAPersevere

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#CountdownToMars