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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                   2023 August 3   
      
                            The Falcon and the Redstone   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Matt Haskell   
      
      Explanation: In a photo from the early hours of July 29 (UTC), a   
      Redstone rocket and Mercury capsule are on display at Cape Canaveral   
      Launch Complex 5. Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has   
      captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The   
      Falcon's heavy communications satellite payload, at a record setting 9   
      metric tons, is bound for geosynchronous orbit some 22,000 miles above   
      planet Earth. The historic launch of a Redstone rocket carried   
      astronaut Alan Shepard on a suborbital spaceflight in May 1961 to an   
      altitude of about 116 miles. Near the top of the frame, this Falcon   
      rocket's two reusable side boosters separate and execute brief entry   
      burns. They returned to land side by side at Canaveral's Landing Zone 1   
      and 2 in the distance.   
      
                           Tomorrow's picture: moonrays   
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