Author: Ken Kremer

Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and more space and mission reports direct from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news. Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken’s photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events.

Delightful Dead of Night Clandestine NRO Spy Sat Launch & Landing on SpaceX Falcon 9 from Florida Space Coast: Photos

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A clandestine spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) took flight in an absolutely delightful dead of night early Wednesday, July 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Florida’s Space Coast. Liftoff of the clandestine NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) took place early Thursday, July 30 at 3:10 a.m.

Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando – Take Two for Starship 13 – 2nd Attempt to launch after last-minute scrub: Video

TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 22, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando about the 2nd attempt to launch the 13th SpaceX Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas shortly before the then planned liftoff on July 23. Bad weather intervened and SpaceX then rescheduled the liftoff to July 24 The first attempt to launch Starship 13th test flight was

SpaceX Launches Northrop Grumman Trailblazing Life Extension MRV MEP Satellite Mission to GEO July 21: Photos

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL –  A trailblazing robotic mission dubbed MRV-MEP aimed at extending the operational lifetime of aging, ailing and malfunctioning satellites residing in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) lifted off from the Florida Space Coast on a hot sunny Tuesday afternoon on July 21 atop a veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its final flight. This flight also

Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando – SpaceX’s 13th Starship launches today: What to expect: Video

TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 16, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando about the 13th SpaceX Starship test flight launch attempt from Starbase, Texas several hours before the planned liftoff. Watch my complete live interview on Fox 35 Orlando on July 16, 2026 – here including on Youtube: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-arhreugmqynbkf6n Caption: The 13th SpaceX Starship rocket is launching tonight

Ken Kremer Interview WFTV ABC News Orlando: NASA Readies Wide-Field View Roman Space Telescope for Launch

TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 10 I was interviewed on WFTV ABC News Orlando about NASA’s preparations to ready the agency’s new Wide-Field-View Roman Space Telescope for launch NET Aug 30 and about its science capabilities compared to the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope With less than two months until the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman

Beautiful Predawn Space Jellyfish forms over Space Coast After Record Breaking 36th launch of Falcon 9 1st stage on Starlink 10-42 Mission: Photos

MELBOURNE, FL – The predawn skies blossomed as a beautiful and colorful and long lasting space ‘Jellyfish’ formed over the Florida Space Coast, after a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage launched to space and back for a record breaking 36th time on Thursday, July 9. On Thursday, July 9 at 5:25 a.m. ET (0925 UTC) Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink