For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The four-person multinational team of NASA Crew-6 mission spaceflyers arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida around lunchtime Tuesday, Feb. 21, to complete final training and preparations prior to their launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft now delayed to overnight Monday, Feb. 27 and bound for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – Huge throngs of thrilled spectators crowded around the Space Coast viewing areas Friday night, Feb. 17, to witness a beautiful SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff of a six-ton global mobile communications relay from Florida’s Space Coast for Inmarsat – one of the worlds leading connectivity companies The Inmarsat 6 F2 (I6 F2) satellite was
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – Just past midnight, SpaceX lofted another 55 Starlink high speed broadband internet satellites to low Earth orbit while accomplishing the fastest turnaround between missions – five days and three hours – from the same pad! Namely complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and soaring away again on a southeasterly
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL, FL – A flock of picturesque pelicans were on patrol as another rather sooty recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sailed into Port Canaveral over the weekend and was processed by technicians for turnaround and eventual recycling for another technologically remarkable and cost savings launch from Florida’s Space Coast in the not-to-distant future. The 5x flown
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – At last after weather and rocket checking delays SpaceX launched a Spanish communications satellite for Space-based Hispasat Monday evening, Feb. 6, from Florida’s Space Coast into crystal clear evening skies that made for superb viewing at it arc away and over on an easterly trajectory delighting spectators for several minutes. The massive 5
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After weather and rocket checking delays a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launch a Spanish communications satellite for Space-based Hispasat Monday evening, Feb. 6, from Florida’s Space Coast on an easterly trajectory. The massive 5 ton Amazonas Nexus satellite owned by Madrid based Hispasat will launch
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – A magnificent middle of the night launch on a veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered the next batch of high speed broadband internet satellites to low Earth orbit early Thursday, Feb. 2 – soaring once again on a southeasterly trajectory from historic launch pad 39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP, ATLANTIC OCEAN –SpaceX launched its heaviest payload ever on a Falcon 9 rocket during a dead-of-night liftoff at 4:32 a.m. ET early Thursday, Jan. 26, carrying another batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites to low Earth orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on a southeasterly trajectory – and which we witnessed for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the next GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation satellite for the US Space Force soared to space during a spectacular golden sunrise Wednesday morning, Jan. 18, from the Space Coast to fortify the current GPS constellation. The sixth advanced Global Positioning System III (GPS III) navigation satellite dubbed GPS 3
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy sprang to life at the golden hour Sunday evening, Jan. 15, roaring skyward at the golden hour on the first flight of the powerful triple stick rocket in 2023 from Florida’s Space Coast, on a mission sending several national security payloads including relay and research satellites to