Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you see it) I was able to attend the event twice. You see, rocket science is very precise and the smallest variable can stop everything instantly. I was at KSC about a month ago when the launch was literally canceled (scrubbed) in the final seconds before launch.
Just a few days ago, on Thursday, I was able to return to the event thanks to the “scrub policy” and allow me to visit again up to two times if the rocket launch was canceled for any reason. Previous I made a launch for the same reason as the launch on my first visit, a SpaceX Falcon 9 that puts GPS 3 satellites into orbit.
The start took place before the film a little differently than the first time. However, both visits had a NASA guide explaining where to watch the skies what’s going on on the launchpad at that moment, answering any questions that may have pumped right into your car radio, as well as soothing classic soundtrack music for circulation. I wish this station was somewhere on Spotify or Sirius etc.
You don’t have to stay in your car either. After putting on your face covering / mask, you can go to the KSC entrance plaza and see some of the visitor complex’s missiles and have a bite to eat from the Rocket Fuel Food Truck. Pre-purchasing tickets to the event also allows you to pre-order a meal pack and pick it up here. There is also a small area where you can buy souvenirs. The toilets for the event are also located here. Everything that is outside the turnstiles of the KSC visitor complex is not available for this event.
The film part of the event was the IMAX film, Hubble. The film, which is a decade old at the time, takes viewers on a journey through distant galaxies to explore the greatness and secrets of our celestial surroundings, and accompanies space astronauts as they complete the most difficult and important tasks in history NASA try and Hubble celebrate the legacy of the space telescope and its profound effects on the way we view the universe and ourselves. It is also narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and that got the passenger’s attention to me.
The big show is the actual launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. There is always some sort of mission going on, even the NASA guide referring to upcoming missions would mention the vague confidentiality of some of the upcoming launches that say “Top Secret Payload” or “Classified Recon Mission”. Tonight, a number of GPS3 satellites were scheduled for GPS equipment, as well as a vague and briefly mentioned Space Force project.
About 10 minutes before the launch, the screens placed in the parking lots were switched to a live feed from SpaceX Control in California, with live views of the launchpad in Florida, about 6 miles from the participants in the KSC parking lot.
Every rocket launch is something spectacular to see and hear, but a nighttime launch is one of the elements that everyone must experience. The glow of the boosters when they ignite and how it literally lights up the night sky for miles and soars into the sky is truly a sight to behold. While the launch can be seen dozens and dozen of kilometers away (weather permitting), those in the vicinity, such as at the KSC launch and a movie drive-in event, can literally feel the power of the launch. It takes a little while for the sound to get to you (you are 6 miles from the launch pad, after all) but once it enters it’s loud and thunderous and you can feel every bit of vibration in the ground below your position.
While a camera can only capture so much, I set one up to capture the lighting in the night sky and followed the rocket as best I could as it entered orbit around the planet. You can see the video below. As an added bonus, you can see the (actually pretty amusing) disappointment of an aborted launch at the end of the video from our first trip to Launch and a Movie.
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