SpaceX was seconds away from launching its 20th mission of this year(!) on Tuesday June 29 when the countdown was halted due to a tourist helicopter entering the launch range by a few feet. The helicopter was nearly directly over where I stood, ready for the launch, with cameras rolling.

"An aircraft entered the 'keep out zone' which is unreasonably gigantic," Musk wrote in a tweet.

The following day, bad weather made this a difficult launch to record, but we persevered through rain showers and winds