UMaine News - On Feb. 8, Emmanuel Boss watched via livestream from Maine as 15 years of work culminated in a satellite launching into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Appearing as if enveloped in a ball of fire, the satellite jetted upward through the dark sky. It was 1:33 a.m. 
“The vehicle continues to perform phenomenally. All nine engines firing,” the launch host said to the crowd gathered at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The voices of awed observers mingled with the rumble of the rocket until, finally, it faded from view.