
Less than 12 hours after the crew onboard NASA's International Space Station caught a glimpse of Artemis II traveling back to Earth after a lunar flyby, SpaceX launched a package up their way.
The launch occurred 7:41 a.m. Saturday, April 11 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Falcon 9 rocket send a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Onboard was over 11,000 pounds of supplies and science for the crew in orbit.
Known as NASA's Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, the spacecraft will be caught by astronauts using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the space station on Monday, April 13.
Northrop Grumman named the spacecraft after NASA astronaut Steven R. Nagel, who completed four shuttle missions and spent more than 720 hours in space.
A sonic boom sounded throughout Brevard County, as the rocket's booster landed back at Landing Zone 40.
Next SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
The next Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida is scheduled for no earlier than 2:13 a.m. Tuesday, April 14 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The mission is the next batch of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites, titled Starlink 10-24.
Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at [email protected] or on X: @brookeofstars.