SpaceX Rocket Lights Up the Northern California Sky
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into the evening sky on Sunday, putting on a show in the sky for residents across California. While the launch was done at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara, Northern California residents were still able to catch a glimpse of the rocket as well.
While some people took to social media claiming they saw a UFO, others were quick to inform them of the scheduled launch, which delivered an Argentine satellite into orbit before returning to its launch site and landing safely, all within an 8-minute span.
Here are some of the photos and videos that hit social media across NorCal:
Sacramento
https://twitter.com/xoveebee/status/1049156940033478657
@SpaceX Saw my first rocket launch today, all the way from the Sacramento Area and I didn’t even know it! Hahaha Awesome! Not gonna lie, I was trippin #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/fLzvJrB51u
— Marco (@MarkiMora) October 8, 2018
A view of the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen in #Sacramento attemping to land at #Vandenberg Air Force Base #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/EhEz8qVrcl
— Justin Sullivan (@sullyfoto) October 8, 2018
San Francisco
#SpaceX over #SanFrancisco tonight. pic.twitter.com/AOnnjgNaOy
— Trish Tobin (@trishtobin) October 8, 2018
Just saw the #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket from San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/XLBX9yR7zs
— Michael O'Herlihy (@michaelo) October 8, 2018
Chico
@ActionNewsNow viewer Steven Foster snapped these pics of #SpaceX rocket landing from #Chico, #California pic.twitter.com/rNekeG3HL9
— Cecile Juliette (@CecileJuliette) October 8, 2018
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bop-O0jnUlDsMxmif1vGmrzqBMAyPT1rWplpWc0/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=qrdjpz9rla3o
You all have no idea how relieved I was to learn this was a #SpaceX launch from SoCal 😅 Go #Falcon9! The view from Chico, CA pic.twitter.com/ZB7IQ3lUz5
— Lauren Martinez (@LMartinezNews) October 8, 2018
Of course, for people in Southern California, the show was much more visible:
(Credit @_TomCross_) pic.twitter.com/ZsRRVy2iDS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 8, 2018
Falcon 9 launch viewed from Joshua Tree National Park! #falcon9 #rocketlaunch #sonyalpha pic.twitter.com/XUl6rVNKEJ
— Sean Parker (@seanparkerphoto) October 8, 2018
Nope, definitely not aliens.
What you’re looking at is the first launch and landing of the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the West Coast. The rocket took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:21 p.m. and landed safely back on Earth. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/8AKjGptpps
— MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) October 8, 2018
And finally, here is a video of the rocket landing, showing you just how cool science can be:
https://twitter.com/AstroHardin/status/1047444217763696641
