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.

24 Science Satellites Streak to Orbit on Spectacular 1st SpaceX Falcon Heavy Night Launch: Photos

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission streaks to orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. EDT in this 10 minute long duration single frame image. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –

3rd SpaceX Falcon Heavy Poised for 1st Nighttime Launch June 24 with 24 Research Satellites for USAF, NASA, NOAA: Watch Live

Stunning blastoff of triple barreled SpaceX Falcon Heavy on April 11, 2019 at 6:35 PM ET from Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL carrying the Arabsat-6A telecommunications satellite to Earth orbit, on 1st commercial launch of Falcon Heavy.  From my remote camera placed at pad 39a.  Launch of the 3rd Falcon Heavy on STP-2 mission for the U.S.

NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover Gets Mast and Wheels: Photos

Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 project take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover. The image was taken on June 5, 2019, in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility’s High Bay 1 clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 14 June 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL

Orion Artemis 1 Service Module Completes Acoustic Tests, Solar Wings Installed

Orion’s European built service module for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission completed acoustic testing inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 25, 2019.  Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux    Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 12 June 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The European-built service module for NASA’s Orion crew spacecraft has completed acoustic