Liftoff of Bangabandhu-1 geostationary communications satellite for nation of Bangladesh on 1st new and improved Block 5 version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 11, 2018 at 4:14 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida – as seen from the pad perimeter. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   27 May

This test image from one of the four cameras aboard the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captures a swath of the southern sky along the plane of our galaxy. TESS is expected to cover more than 400 times the amount of sky shown in this image when using all four of its cameras during science operations.  Credits: NASA/MIT/TESS Ken Kremer 

This view taken from inside the Cupola shows the Orbital ATK Cygnus OA-9 space freighter approaching its capture point about 10 meters from the International Space Station where it was grappled with the Canadarm2 robotic arm on May 24, 2018.  Credit: NASA Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   24 May 2018 WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Following a spectacular predawn launch

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket blasts off with Cygnus OA-9 spacecraft from Pad 0A at 4:44 a.m. EDT Monday, May 21, 2018 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to deliver 3.7 tons of research, food and gear – in this remote camera view from the launch pad. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   22 May 2018 WALLOPS FLIGHT

Orbital ATK Antares rocket streaks to orbit punching in and out of low, thick cloud layer in the long exposure image of the Cygnus OA-9 cargo freighter launch at 4:44 a.m. May 21, 2018 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia with 3.7 tons of science and hardware bound for the International Space Station (ISS).  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer 

Orbital ATK Antares rocket goes vertical on pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for the OA-9 cargo mission launch to the ISS targeted for May 21, 2018 night launch at 4:39 a.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   20 May 2018 WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has gone vertical with the Cygnus cargo freighter bound for the International Space

1st launched and soft landing recovered SpaceX Block 5 Falcon 9 booster arrives atop OCISLY droneship at dawn May 15 morning into Port Canaveral, Fl sailing through rough seas, high winds and completely overcast skies – as seen from the ports Jetty Park Pier barely four days after May 11 blastoff with Bangabandhu-1 comsat from pad 40 on Cape Canaveral

Amidst drenching rain the Orbital ATK Antares rocket has rolled out and is horizontal on pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for the OA-9 cargo mission launch to the ISS. It briefly peeked out of the thick ground fog and technicians are readying the rocket for May 21, 2018 night launch at 4:39 a.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   18 May

Artist’s concept of NASA’s Orbital ATK-built Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) planet hunting satellite orbiting the Earth-Moon system. Credit: NASA/Orbital ATK Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   13 May 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s recently launched TESS planet hunting probe is healthy, operating very well, and more than halfway through the demanding regimen of on board thruster firings required

Beautiful blastoff of Bangabandhu-1 geostationary communications satellite for nation of Bangladesh on 1st new and improved Block 5 version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 11, 2018 at 4:14 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida – as seen from the pad crawlerway. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   11