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Pauline Acalin
@w00ki33
Spaceflight Photographer | Graphic Designer | Artist
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Dec 8, 2018
    First grid fin has been removed from the 3x flown Falcon 9 standing at port of LA. Been wanting to see this happen for years. So NEAT! #spacex @Teslarati
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Oct 7, 2018
    SAOCOM-1A Falcon is perched and ready this morning at Vandenberg. Launch is sched for 7:21 pm PT. SpaceX will be attempting a landing at LZ-4, located ~1400 feet from the launchpad. #spacex #SAOCOM1A
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Feb 5, 2022
    Squeaky clean Falcon 9 goes to space for a quick fire bath and returns to Vandenberg SFB with a fresh coat of scorch during the NROL-87 mission. 20-image composite (lens flare removed) @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Mar 5, 2022
    Another frame from Falcon 9’s NROL-87 mission landing on 2-2-22. @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Dec 15, 2018
    Replying to @Teslarati
    Just drove by... I literally don't even know how to caption this epic scene.
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Apr 9, 2021
    The beauty of iteration. #spacex Starship MK1 – Sept 2019 Starship SN9 – Jan 2021
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Feb 23, 2021
    Moon rising during a stroll through Yosemite this weekend. 🏔
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Jul 7, 2021
    THREAD: During OCISLY's arrival to Port of Long Beach yesterday, I decided to experiment with aerial tilt-shift photography using a 90mm TS lens. Been wanting to use this technique on the SpaceX fleet for ages and thought I'd share some of the results here. @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Feb 3, 2022
    Falcon 9 returning from space, landing at Vandenberg SFB after delivering the NROL-87 payload to orbit. Quite a machine. @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Mar 3, 2022
    The launch and landing of SpaceX Falcon 9 during the NROL-87 mission from Vandenberg SFB on Feb 2. @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Jul 7, 2021
    Rocket reusability sometimes requires shipping a floating landing pad from coast to coast in epic fashion. SpaceX’s droneship “Of Course I Still Love You” arrived in @portoflongbeach yesterday aboard Mighty Servant 1. Recovery operations will soon resume in CA! @NASASpaceflight
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    May 29, 2024
    I set up an old iPhone to capture video of the Falcon 9 launch and landing during the EarthCare mission yesterday at Vandenberg SFB. Here is a short (cropped) clip of the main events extracted from the nearly 6-hour video. Headphones for full launch/sonic boom effect! And if the
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    Pauline Acalin
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    Jul 11, 2020
    Physics...
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    Sophia Gad-Nasr
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    Jul 10, 2020
    If you touch two CLEAN blocks of the same metal together in space, they weld! Atoms in solid metals move a bit. Touch two clean surfaces together, and the atoms can't tell they're in different blocks so they become one group of atoms, ie ONE SOLID. (Gif: homemadetools.net/forum/cold-wel…)
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    Pauline Acalin
    @w00ki33
    Jun 18, 2022
    Detail of Falcon 9 about to touch ground at Vandenfog SFB after her third trip to space, this time carrying the payload for SpaceX’s SARah 1 mission. @NASASpaceflight