2026 October 16 - Chasing the International Space Station

A predawn Falcon 9 launch shares the sky with the International Space Station as a sunlit exhaust plume expands overhead. This timelapse shows the contrast between a cargo spacecraft heading toward orbit and a reusable booster returning to Earth.

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