CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX completed an unprecedented and historic launch and landing Space Coast double header in a single day only 16 hours apart with the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission Monday evening following the CRS-32 Cargo Dragon launch to the ISS for NASA early on Monday morning April 21. SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Bandwagon-3 mission to
PORT CANAVERAL, FL – A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the clandestine NROL-69 spysat mission for US National Security on Monday, March 24 at 1:48 p.m. ET, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Eight minutes later the 1st stage booster landed back safely at the Cape at LZ-1- just as a pleasure
For Space UpClose 16 Jan 2025 COCOA BEACH, FL – Just in the nick of time we arrived back from traveling to witness the maiden launch of Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on the NG-1 test flight mission The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched on the NG-1 mission at 2:03 AM ET Jan 16, 2025 from Space Launch Complex-36
TITUSVILLE, FL – Watch my complete live interview on BBC News about the closest ever Solar approach to the sun by any spacecraft in history on Christmas Eve morning 24 Dec 2024 – by NASAs Parker Solar Probe – at only 3.8 million miles! Video: https://youtu.be/awJUwjlYTls?si=x7wmCFgElIPrcYwq Caption: Watch my complete live interview on BBC News about the closest ever Solar
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 22 More Starlinks to Orbit in Record Breaking Launch Pad Turnaround: Photos
TITUSVILLE, FL – A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the next batch of upgraded Starlink internet satellites to orbit Sunday evening, Aug. 6 on a southeasterly trajectory from Florida’s Space Coast. from Florida’s Space Coast. Furthermore SpaceX accomplished the feat in a record breaking pad turnaround launch time of less than 4 days for the first time Liftoff of the veteran
TITUSVILLE, FL – In the dead of night SpaceX launched a 6 times recycled Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast Thursday, Aug. 3 carrying a powerful 5 ton communications satellite destined for geosynchronous orbit for Luxembourg-based satellite operator Intelsat as part of a fleet refresh plan mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to free up transmission space for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY POINT PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Despite hefty ground winds SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon, March 29, soaring southeastwards from the Space Coast into broken cloudy skies carrying another bundle of older generation Starlink broadband satellites to low Earth orbit. Large and excited crowds gathered along the
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL – As a majestic eagle flew by and for the first time ever we witnessed a rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) – namely the SpaceX Starlink 5-5 mission launched at lunchtime Friday, Mar 24, soaring southeastwards from Cape Canaveral into virtually cloud free skies carrying
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM JETTY PARK/PORT CANAVERAL, FL – The 3rd time was finally the charm and Relativity Space finally achieved their dreams and launched their Terran-1 rocket to space on the first ever flight of a 3D printed rocket, late Wednesday evening, Mar. 22, from Florida’s Spaceport as the first stage performed well and survived the withering aerodynamic stresses
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A spectacular golden sunset liftoff by a veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully hurled the twin commercial SES-18 and SES-19 TV and internet communications satellites to orbit for the Luxembourg-based telecommunication giant SES, Friday, March 17, from Florida’s ever busy Spaceport and spawned a beautiful ‘Space Jellyfish’ high in