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Joel Kowsky

A march of black dots against a glowing disk, the International Space Station transits the sun in this composite image taken from Virginia. On November 2, the ISS celebrated 20 continuous years of human habitation, a milestone of human space exploration.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A during preparations for the Crew-1 mission, Monday, November 9, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen on the launch pad as preparations continued for the Crew-1 mission, Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Unmanned rocket launches aren't without incident. The Orbital ATK Antares rocket suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch in October 2014 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This was a larger launcher with a higher payload – but conservationists fear a similar incident may lead to environmental damage or wildfires in the surrounding peatland.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft stands ready for launch from Kennedy Space Center, as seen on February 28, 2019.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft sits perched atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of its March 2 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Look carefully and you can see the International Space Station in silhouette as it transits the Moon.