T-minus two days

Hello everyone!
 
Launch day is quickly approaching, both for my book and for the CRS-34 mission, which is the rocket launch I hope to watch from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday evening. Several friends have encouraged me to head to Florida to see the launch, including one who has actually ridden a rocket to space and said about launches that “It’s always, never, maybe, could go!” The weather is potentially rainy but not too bad (at the moment) for 7:16pm EDT, which is when the launch is supposed to take place. Fingers crossed!
This particular mission, CRS-34, is so named because it’s a “Commercial Resupply Services” (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and is the 34th Dragon mission to be sent. The rocket itself is a Falcon 9 (the Falcon was partially named after the Millennium Falcon of Star Wars renown) and the Dragon is the capsule that will actually dock with the ISS. More details here. 
In other news, I wrote an article for The Conversation about how eclipses, including the very unusual one seen by the Artemis crew, can inspire awe.
And my husband (historian Glen E. Swanson, author of An Inspired Enterprise) and I have been booked to do a joint signing at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Sunday, June 21st (Father’s Day!) from 11am to 4pm. Come out and see us if you’ll be in the DC area!
If you happen to have pre-ordered The Ultraview Effect, you should get it soon. If you enjoy it, would you consider leaving a review on one of the big bookstore sites? This helps the algorithm introduce the book to more people. Thanks!
Ad astra in ingenti nave spatiali,
Deana