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Space In-Flight - 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists

Three Minutes Of Fury

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket delivers a Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center, in this 3-min.-long exposure photo.  

Falcon 9 Cleared Tower

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

Ten months after the inflight loss of the Dragon CRS-7 mission, SpaceX resumed deliveries to the International Space Station using its Falcon 9 rocket. This mission (CRS-8), from the Kennedy Space Center, also marked the first successful at-sea recovery of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, with the rocket's first stage landing aboard SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship.

To Bennu and Back!

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return mission launches aboard an Atlas V 411 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The 411 configuration uses a single solid rocket booster, requiring the RD-180 engine to compensate with an 8-deg. gimbal.  

Atlas Flame Tail

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

The RD-180 liquid fuel engine burns a mixture of RP-1 (kerosene) and liquid oxygen, leaving an exhaust plume that shifts from yellow-orange to blue as it ascends to orbit.

Hydrogen-Fueled Power

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

Delta IV Heavy's three RS-68A engines burn a mix of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power its first stage off the launch pad. Flames lick the base of the engines during liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Launching Morelos-3

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

United Launch Alliance delivers Morelos-3 to orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on behalf of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation. 

Air Force Pave Hawks In Perfect Position For Rocket Launch

Mike Killian, St. Cloud, Florida

United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off on Oct. 31, 2015, with the GPS 2F-11 satellite. Two U.S. Air Force Reserve 920th Rescue Wing Pave Hawks with search-and-rescue airmen onboard are seen here on security patrol for the USAF 45th Space Wing and ULA. Both flight crews took a "practice" hop several days prior and nailed down the timing and positioning for the photographer to ensure the rocket looked as if it were between both helicopters. 

Maiden Voyage

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

The December 2015 launch of Orbcomm OG2-M2 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the first to make use of SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 "Full Thrust" variant, which utilizes  densified propellants to improve rocket performance. 

Final GPS Block IIF Launch

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

The 12th and final launch of a GPS Block IIF satellite by United Launch Alliance took place on a crystal-clear morning in February 2016 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

There And Back Again

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from and lands back at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December 2015.  Rocket reuse is a cornerstone of SpaceX's plan to reduce the cost of spaceflight. 

Asymmetric Thrust

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

An Atlas V rocket launched the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft with just one solid rocket booster, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liquid and solid fuel rocket engines worked together to deliver OSIRIS-REx on its way to the asteroid Bennu. 

VV 06 Launch With Lisa Pathfinder

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch of Vega from the European Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 3, 2015.

VV 06 Launch with Lisa Pathfinder

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch of Vega from the European Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 3, 2015.

VV 06 Launch with Lisa Pathfinder

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch of Vega from the European Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 3, 2015.

TMA-19M With ESA Astronaut Tim Peake

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch of a Russian Soyuz from Pad 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 15, 2015.

TMA-19M With ESA Astronaut Tim Peake

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch of a Russian Soyuz from Pad 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 15, 2015.

 

Rocket With Sentinel 3A

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Rocket launch on Feb. 16, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.

Rocket With Sentinel 3A

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Rocket launch on Feb. 16, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.

 

Proton With ESA ExoMars mission

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch from Pad 200 on March 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Proton With ESA ExoMars mission

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Launch from Pad 200 on March 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

 

 

TMA-19M With ESA Astronaute Tim Peake

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Soyuz capsule drifts back to Earth on June 18 in Kazakhstan.

TMA-19M With ESA Astronaute Tim Peake

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

Soyuz capsule is about to touch down on June 18 in Kazakhstan.

Launch Of Soyuz FG Booster With TMA 20M from Baikonur Cosmodrome

Marina Lystseva, Moscow, Russia

Soyuz FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station  Expedition 47/48 crewmembers lifts off from the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on March 19. Crewmembers are NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexei Ovchinin. 

SpaceX CRS9 Falcon 9 Rocket

Michael Seeley, Melbourne, Florida

SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS9 launches on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.

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