Month: February 2019

1st SpaceX Falcon Heavy Blastoff 1 Year Later: Gallery

Maiden SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017.  Nose cone housing Starman seated in Tesla Roadster is stenciled with Falcon Heavy logo. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 8 February 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  The 1st blastoff of the SpaceX Falcon

Remembering the Fallen Space Heroes on NASA’s Day of Remembrance: Gallery

NASA pays tribute to fallen astronauts at the annual Day of Remembrance ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with KSC Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana and NASA officials at the Space Mirror Memorial on Feb. 7, 2019. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 8 February 2019  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX/TITUSVILLE, FL

1st Unpiloted Commercial Crew Test Launches Postponed by NASA, SpaceX and Boeing

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry as companies develop a new generation of spacecraft and launch systems to carry crews safely to and from low-Earth orbit – the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner. Initial test launches for both have slipped to 2019. Credits: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 6 February 2019

NASA’s InSight Lander Deploys Shield on Marsquake Detecting Seismometer

NASA’s InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2, 2019 (Sol 66). The shield covers InSight’s seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 4 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  NASA’s InSight lander has deployed the protective shield covering the Marsquake detecting seismometer instrument

NASA Selects ULA Atlas V to Launch Lucy on 1st Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids

File photo of ULA Atlas V rocket poised for launch from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Jan. 19, 2018. NASA has selected Atlas V to launch the Lucy probe on the 1st mission to Jupiter’s unexplored Trojan asteroids.   Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 1 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA