John Pisani
@johnpisaniphoto
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I share the story of spaceflight through photography and video as a member of Cosmic Perspective and contributor to Spaceflight Now
Joined May 2018
A stunning moment in time as a Falcon 9 rocket passes in front of a rising waning crescent moon on June 12, 2023. Several photographers captured the moment from Rotary Park in Titusville, Florida. While a picture tells a thousand words, it's the occasional videos like this that
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An epic display on Florida’s Space Coast this morning! .@SpaceX #falcon9 #starlink @planetlabs @elonmusk
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An incredible opportunity presented itself tonight. Falcon Heavy with the X-37 (Orbital Test Vehicle) transits a rising moon over Florida’s Space Coast. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Still waters along the lagoon with Falcon 9 streaking into the sky with the #IXPE spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center 🚀
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Falcon 9 with Turksat 5b launching on a humid December evening from SLC-40 on Florida’s Space Coast. @SpaceX #Falcon9 #Turksat5B
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It was at this moment when my tripod realized it was going to be taken out by a chunk of the launch pad. Possibly saving my cameras and lenses from complete destruction.
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Falcon Heavy making an uphill trip during the Jupiter 3 satellite mission. @considercosmos
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SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket ignition and liftoff from the orbital launch pad at Starbase, TX on April 20, 2023. An incredible display of raw power and capability engineered and built by humanity’s best. The future of space travel is upon us 🚀. @considercosmos
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Florida’s Space Coast and Falcon 9 looking good tonight. @SpaceX launches #Turksat5A this evening from SLC-40 marking the first commercial launch of the new year for SpaceX and #Falcon9
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There’s something special going on down here at Starbase. The vehicle has been stacked and preparations for launch are underway. It’s great to be here with the @considercosmos and EDA team. We have an awesome show planned for you all 🚀
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Atlas V lifting off from SLC-41 at 5:34am local time here on the Space Coast. NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft has begun a 12-year mission to rendezvous with primordial time capsules and explore remnants of our early solar system. @ulalaunch @NASA . On-site for @considercosmos
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That was simply incredible. Starship flight five takes off from Starbase, and the Super Heavy booster successfully returns to be caught by the tower. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Falcon 9 and #Starlink L27 as seen from along the St. John’s River on Florida’s #SpaceCoast. No stranger to launching payloads into orbit, this #Falcon9 just landed after its 10th mission. Huge milestone!. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there ❤️🚀. @considercosmos @SpaceX
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I got to place cameras at 39A today. This marks my first attempt at remote camera placement. I am eager to see the results, but equally happy for the experience alone should something not work 🚀📸. CRS-22 on deck for tomorrow at 1:29pm EDT. @considercosmos @NASA @SpaceX #falcon9
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The launch of Polaris Dawn lights up the night sky as the crew rides their Falcon 9 rocket into the clouds and onward to space. An incredible mission ahead. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn streaks into the clouds and on to orbit.
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Astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins & Samantha Cristoforetti launching into the stars from Kennedy Space Center, bound for the International Space Station. #Crew4 @NASA @SpaceX . 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Another link in the endless chain of launches. SpaceX launches a batch of Starlink satellites from SLC-40 in Florida at 11:50pm.
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Falcon 9 & Starlink + Indian River Lagoon #SpaceCoast @SpaceX #starlink . The exploring continues 🤙 🚀. @considercosmos
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Ascending through the clouds, this Falcon 9 completed twelve flights yesterday afternoon during the launch of 53 Starlink satellites.
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The allure of Starbase, the surrounding lands and Starship Superheavy.
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Views of New Glenn standing vertical at LC-36 earlier this evening, ahead of its maiden voyage as early as Sunday. There are high hopes for a successful booster recovery downrange after delivering its upper stage and the Blue Ring pathfinder on a trajectory to orbit. Go Blue &
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A #Falcon9 rocket gets off the ground under beautiful skies this morning from @NASAKennedy after weather scrubbed yesterday’s attempt. @SpaceX & #Dragon are on the way to the International Space Station with cargo, science & ice cream 🚀 #CRS23 . 📷 for @considercosmos
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Falcon 9 streaking into the clouds and on to orbit with 53 Starlink satellites at 12:42am from SLC-40. It was a stormy evening here in central Florida, but the storms eventually subsided enough for SpaceX to proceed with this F9’s twelfth flight.
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Here’s 145 seconds of Falcon 9 ascending with a @SIRIUSXM payload from @SpaceX Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Two launches in 3 days, nice. 🚀📸 @considercosmos
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Falcon Heavy streaks into a twilight sky with the ViaSat-3 Americas mission towards geostationary orbit. It was a long few days and nights of nasty weather, but this evening’s sky was a pristine canvas to paint a beautiful image. @considercosmos
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Anticipation is rising here at MARS for Starship’s third flight test!
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A close view from the landing zone as a Falcon Heavy side-core booster returns to the launch site after a job well done lifting @MissionToPsyche into space. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Just hours after returning Crew-3 home safely, SpaceX ignites the 9 engines of a Falcon rocket at LC-39A to launch 53 #Starlink satellites into orbit just before sunrise. Clouds decided to join the show and helped create a spectacular sight.
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Standing on a sidewalk in a random Titusville neighborhood with a handful of friends and colleagues yelling at a Falcon Heavy rocket and the moon. As if our cheers would nudge it more towards the center😅
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Excitement guaranteed & Limitless inspiration. Starship Super Heavy has launched for the first time as a fully integrated vehicle from Starbase, Texas. @considercosmos
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We go to space for the benefit of Earth. Congratulations to the entire Blue Origin team on this incredible first step toward executing your vision and mission 🚀
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The business end of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket lifting off with Starliner from SLC-41 in Florida. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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A stunning night on the Space Coast. Falcon 9 sends 40 OneWeb satellites into orbit and then lands back at Cape Canaveral. You can just barely make out the second stage in this single 10 minute exposure 🚀
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Starship ascends into what would be an incredible third flight test. This was another step forward on humanity's road to Mars. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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The Falcon Heavy demo flight was undoubtedly the final gravity assist that put my life into orbit around launch photography. To this day, I am forever thankful for that afternoon on the ITL Causeway and the evening spent watching Starman orbit our planet.
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Waiting for Atlas & Starliner to roll and caught this transit from the press site. It was the highlight of the morning for a few of us photogs.
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Release the fury 🚀 🔥. It’s always a blast watching rockets quickly clear the tower, but it’s these early shots during liftoff where the flames light up everything around it a fiery orange that do it for me. @SpaceX @elonmusk @considercosmos #Falcon9 #Starlink
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What a crew. What a mission. I am extremely excited about this one. @PolarisProgram and @SpaceX are full-tilt for the launch of Polaris Dawn—a mission designed to further expand humanity’s capability of traveling into deep space and to help @StJude. Together, they hope to build a
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A twilight gradient, a crescent moon and a visual representation of a tangent using an airplane contrail and a terrestrial object.
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Falcon 9 B1060-7 returning to Port Canaveral earlier this afternoon. I had a good time chatting it up with folks. It’s always great to see the increasing enthusiasm for spaceflight, and I enjoy sharing mine with others. 🚀. @SpaceX #Falcon9 #SpaceCoast @considercosmos
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It’s launch day on Florida’s Space Coast! @relativityspace will attempt to reach orbit for the first time with their Terran 1 rocket. This debut will see the first 3-D printed launch vehicle reach for the stars. Launch window is 1pm until 4pm EST. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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Every once and a while I capture something in a way that I genuinely love, this is one of those. Starlink 5-9 at 1:03am . @considercosmos . - - . Stepping outside to explore the Space Coast has always been something I enjoyed ever since moving here over 20 years ago. In fact,
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Not sure if anyone else has observed this previously, but what I thought was vapor from possible venting seems to be smoke coming from around the engines of B1058.4 around 1:55pm EST.Zooming in there appears to be fire. @elonmusk @SpaceX @SpaceXFleet
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Another batch of #Starlink & @BlackSky_Inc satellites headed into orbit on gorgeous #SpaceCoast evening. Was thrilled for a launch at a reasonable hour & delighted to be joined by the little guy. It’s been a while since we’ve gone out exploring for a 🚀. @SpaceX #Falcon9
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Falcon 9 soars with Starlinks. Booster 1058 celebrates a sweet 16 trips to space and back. And SpaceX blazes ahead with its fleet of reusable rockets 🚀 . @considercosmos
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Twilight plume as Falcon Heavy heads down range and dips towards the horizon. @considercosmos
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That liftoff was incredible. I was somehow the only person shouting with excitement.
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A low cloud deck is briefly illuminated by a @SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket lifting off from LC-39A with several dozen #Starlink and a couple @BlackSky_Inc satellites. Seen from the shores of the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville. #spacecoast #titusville #rocketlaunch
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Falcon 9 and Dragon ascend into a starry sky during the final minutes of twilight here on the Space Coast. Science and supplies are headed to the International Space Station after lifting off from pad 39A at 8:30pm EDT. @considercosmos
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A thunderous return for this #Falcon9 today 🚀 . B1051 returns after its tenth mission as thunderstorms begin to push offshore over Cape Canaveral. Florida wet season is officially here ⛈ . It’s good to see this booster again. Congrats on 10 flights @SpaceX . @considercosmos
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One last launch from Cape Canaveral for 2022. SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit after a phenomenal year of commercial, human and company spaceflight missions. There is just one more scheduled launch for SpaceX from California on December 30th 🚀
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It was a last sunset for this gentle giant. Starship would never actually separate from Super Heavy and ignite its engines to soar weightless above our planet, but together they furthered development like the test articles that came before them. Ad astra 🚀. @considercosmos
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Very proud of this one. Lots of hard work behind the scenes to make it happen. I believe that half the fun of placing remote cameras is the trial and error along the way. Such a great journey thus far 🤙🚀.
New slow motion footage from @SpaceX #CRS23 just arrived. and we're transfixed. 👀🎥 Keep watching to see the mesmerizing dance of fire and vapor as it engulfs the view. Great remote camera work by @johnpisaniphoto for CP #SpaceX #slowmotion @elonmusk
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In pursuit of technology to make life multi-planetary.
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Moments during totality in Fredericksburg, TX as the sun is eclipsed by the moon and then revealed during a break in the clouds. Such an exciting moment at The Planetary Society’s Eclipse-O-Rama!
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The @inspiration4x #Dragon looks stunning atop of its #Falcon9 rocket. So much great energy out there during remote camera setup 🤙. Thank you to the @SpaceX media/ security teams for giving us a full course of stops around 39A. There’s going to be some great content by so many.
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A fleet leader, Falcon 9 B1051 stands poised for a tenth mission with Starlink satellites aboard. Set for liftoff tomorrow morning at 2:42AM EDT this booster will be the first Falcon 9 with 10 launches. 📸 for @considercosmos . @SpaceX @elonmusk #Falcon9 #Starlink #SpaceCoast
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SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket for the ViaSat-3 Americas mission on April 30, 2023 at 8:26pm ET. @considercosmos
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Falcon 9 performs an RTLS landing at SLC-4E in Vandenberg after boosting the Transporter-12 upper stage and payload stack onto a trajectory toward orbit.
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Starlinks from Florida during the final moments of twilight, accompanied by a rare and intriguing atmospheric phenomenon as Falcon 9 soared through a layer of low-lying clouds.
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Liftoff of Atlas V with the STP-3 payload from Florida’s Space Coast at 5:19am EST. @ulalaunch 🚀
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We are officially less than 24 hours until the launch of #Artemis1. 📷 me for @considercosmos
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Transporter-3 lifting off atop Falcon 9 at SLC-40 earlier today. 105 satellites were put into orbit after ascending along a southerly trajectory & B1058 returned to the launch site, marking its tenth landing.
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@Astro_Doug @Space_Station Whenever I see the station pass by the Space Coast I always wonder if someone is looking down while am looking up 👋.
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One of the prettiest launches I’ve seen. Just incredible. Super happy for the teams @relativityspace for a wonderful accomplishment. Your hard work and dedication showed beautifully tonight. @considercosmos
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A view of the #crew4 astronauts walking out after suiting up for their journey to space. It was a final moment for them to say goodbye to their loved ones in person. Such touching moments in human spaceflight. 📸 me for @considercosmos
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