8.8K views · 287 reactions | SpaceX has launched the Starlink 6-78 mission aboard Falcon 9 B1080-23 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center , sending 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit. A few minutes after launch, completing its mission, the booster returned to land on "Just Read The Instructions" (JRTI), out in the Atlantic. This mission marked the 100th launch of the year for SpaceX from Florida and the Space Coast. | NASASpaceflight.com | Facebook

37K views · 525 reactions | The space shuttle Columbia launched from pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center 25 years ago today to begin the STS-78 mission. Columbia’s seven astronauts spent nearly 17 days in orbit performing experiments on the Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission. | Spaceflight Now | Facebook