SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Spectators enjoyed a picture-perfect blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying European weather satellite MTG-S1 for the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) at 5:04 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 1, 2025. This Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite was carried
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Marking a magnificent middle of the night blastoff the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) private astronaut mission finally soared to orbit at 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25 aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – bound for the International Space Station (ISS), following a series of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Following a series of launch delays due to LOX leaks on the SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage and the discovery of further air leaks aboard the ISS, NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX have announced they are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Spectators ringing the Space Coast enjoyed a spectacular sunrise liftoff courtesy of rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA) when they at last successfully launched their mighty Atlas V 551 rocket on the second attempt to launch Amazon’s second Project Kuiper mission of broadband internet satellites early morning on June 23 at 6:54 a.m.
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA) has repaired the booster engine issue in their mighty Atlas V 551 rocket that scrubbed the first attempt to launch Amazon’s second Project Kuiper mission caused by a rare high temperature issue in the RD-180 engine compartment. Launch of Atlas V Kuiper 2 mission is now retargeted
FLORIDA SPACE COAST, FL – A SpaceX Starship dramatically exploded at midnight Thursday June 19 at the company’s Starbase launch site in Texas during propellent loading started late Wednesday evening, June 18 in advance of a short 6 second static fire test of the 6 Raptor engines that was intended for the upcoming Super Heavy/Starship Test Flight 10.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL (Nov 2024) – NASA space shuttle seamstress and thermal protection specialist Jean Wright received the prestigious “Women in American History Award” as presented by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) based in Washington, D.C, during a ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center, Florida in front of the space
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Following the scrub of rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA) mighty Atlas V 551 rocket carrying Amazon’s second Project Kuiper mission, Kuiper 2, the team decided to rollback the rocket to the VIF processing hangar for evaluation and repairs. Enjoy my video (above) from my remote camera capturing the pretty cool rollback of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX have further delayed the Axiom Space AX-4 commercial astronaut mission to the ISS following the discovery of further air leaks aboard the ISS that have been ongoing since 2019 in the Russian Zvezda module. The new target is no earlier than Thursday, June 19. The private crew will only be
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – With barely 30 minutes to go to liftoff, rocket maker United Launch Alliance (ULA) abruptly scrubbed the launch of their mighty Atlas V 551 rocket carrying Amazon’s second Project Kuiper mission, Kuiper 2, due to an elevated purge temperature with the RD-180 booster engine seen in engineering observations in the final stages of