CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX completed an unprecedented and historic launch and landing Space Coast double header in a single day only 16 hours apart with the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission Monday evening following the CRS-32 Cargo Dragon launch to the ISS for NASA early on Monday morning April 21.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Bandwagon-3 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) on Monday, April 21 at 8:48 p.m. ET at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Eight minutes after liftoff the first stage booster touched down safely at Landing Zone-1 , adjacent to Landing Zone-1 which was occupied by the CRS-32 booster
This counts as the third launch in SpaceX’s Bandwagon rideshare program to mid-inclination orbits.
Falcon 9 1st stage tail number 1090 launched on its third trip to space and back following the launches of the O3b mPOWER-E mission and Crew-10.
Overall this marked the 245th orbital launch for SpaceX from SLC-40 and the 300th total orbital flight from this pad.
The payload comprised ADD’s 425Sat-3, Tomorrow Companies Inc.’s Tomorrow-S7, and Atmos Space Cargo’s PHOENIX re-entry capsule.
Atmos Space Cargo’s PHOENIX re-entry capsule.
The Space UpClose team of Ken Kremer and Jean Wright watched the launch from media viewing site on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The NASA SpaceX Cargo Dragon on the CRS-32 mission to the ISS launched about 16 hours earlier in the day in the middle of the night at 4:15 a.m. EDT. from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, 2025.
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CRS-32 mission is SpaceXs 32nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA to the International Space Station. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/Space Upclose.com
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