Passenger spotted the incredible launch of space X while in flight.

One of the passengers on board a United Airlines plane flying

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observe a very uncommon sight while flying near the rocket launch

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It was shared on Nick Leimbach's personal Twitter account,

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where you can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off

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huge push of space is accelerating the movement toward the earth's orbit.

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Leimbach referred to it as "one of the coolest things I've ever seen."

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At 12:25 pm, the plane departed from Dulles International Airport

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touched down approximately 3.5 hours later in George Town, Cayman Islands.

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flight path exactly intersected NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Passenger spotted the incredible launch of space X while in flight.

Passenger spotted the incredible launch of space X while in flight.

One of the passengers on board a United Airlines plane flying

One of the passengers on board a United Airlines plane flying

observe a very uncommon sight while flying near the rocket launch

observe a very uncommon sight while flying near the rocket launch

It was shared on Nick Leimbach's personal Twitter account,

It was shared on Nick Leimbach's personal Twitter account,

where you can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off

where you can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off

huge push of space is accelerating the movement toward the earth's orbit.

huge push of space is accelerating the movement toward the earth's orbit.

Leimbach referred to it as "one of the coolest things I've ever seen."

Leimbach referred to it as "one of the coolest things I've ever seen."

At 12:25 pm, the plane departed from Dulles International Airport

At 12:25 pm, the plane departed from Dulles International Airport

touched down approximately 3.5 hours later in George Town, Cayman Islands.

touched down approximately 3.5 hours later in George Town, Cayman Islands.

flight path exactly intersected NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

flight path exactly intersected NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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