JETTY PARK BEACH/PORT CANAVERAL, FL – Spectators were treated to a beautiful pre-sunset blastoff Friday later afternoon, Jan. 9, when SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at last after several hours of delays on another Starlink mission as it soared over Jetty Park beach and pier populated by many beachgoers frolicking in the Atlantic ocean waves and as multiple cruise
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN on CARNIVAL VENEZIA CRUISE SHIP – 2 Dec 2025 – An absolutely humongous space jellyfish formed at sunset over the North Atlantic Ocean on Dec. 2! – and the Space UpClose team of Ken Kremer and Jean Wright were so lucky to witness it – along with a bunch of folks we motivated to watch with
SPACE VIEW PARK, FL – Thick clouds greeted the 48 hour weather delayed liftoff of the 4th batch of operational broadband satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation in the ‘dead-of-night’ aboard the most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla early Tuesday, Dec. 16. A United Launch Alliance (ULA)
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – For only its second launch, the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is now poised for liftoff on Nov. 9 after NASA’s twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Mars Orbiters were integrated with the rocket following a successful static fire test last week and the integrated stack was rolled out to pad 36. Liftoff
SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Under clear overnight skies SpaceX put on a spectacular sky show with the launch of the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission and RTLS landing Sunday Nov. 4 under virtually pristine skies Liftoff of Bandwagon-4 on a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took place just past midnight at 1:09:59 a.m. EDT (0509:59 UTC) on 2 Nov. 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After many months of delays getting to this point Blue Origin finally and successfully completed a lengthy, impressive and robust 38 second long hotfire test of the first stage engines of only the 2nd ever Blue Origin New Glenn rocket NG-2 on late Thursday evening, Oct. 30 at pad 36. The NG-2 liftoff on a NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After multiple days of weather delays from hurricanes ravaging the Atlantic Ocean, a SpaceX Falcon 9 finally lifted off Monday night, Oct 13, to successfully deliver the third batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites to LEO for Amazon. Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 took place at 9:58 p.m. EDT (0158 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Blue Origin reports in a post that they are readying their 2nd New Glenn rocket for launch sometime around the late October to early November timeframe – so long as all goes well with a hotfire test of the first stage in mid-October time period. The long delayed flight dubbed New Glenn-2 (NG-2) will be tasked
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A luscious liftoff performance by the most powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket delivered the Kuiper 3 mission to LEO for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation – just past sunrise on Sept. 25. The Atlas V 551 rocket liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 took place right on time at 8:09 a.m.
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits poised for liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday morning evening Sept. 25 ready to blast the third batch of Amazons Kuiper broadband constellation of commercial internet comsats to orbit by ULA – setting up a new system for