CARNIVAL Cruise Line guests departing aboard Mardi Gras from Port Canaveral on the weekend got a “free extra” with their sailing, witnessing a SpaceX rocket launch from nearby Cape Canaveral (pictured). Mardi Gras was departing from the Floridian port on Sat, the same day SpaceX was launching a rocket just...
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CARNIVAL Cruise Line guests departing aboard Mardi Gras from Port Canaveral on the weekend got a “free extra” with their sailing, witnessing a SpaceX rocket launch from nearby Cape Canaveral (pictured).
Mardi Gras was departing from the Floridian port on Sat, the same day SpaceX was launching a rocket just five minutes down the road.
The blastoff occurred just as Mardi Gras was sailing away from the Port, during the cruise’s sailaway party.
In Jan, another cruise ship inadvertently caused a rocket launch to be “scrubbed”, or cancelled, when the vessel accidentally drifted into a restricted area just seconds before liftoff.
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