KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Everything had been looking good for a liftoff of the Axiom Mission 4 carrying 4 astronauts to the International Space Station at 8 AM ET on Wednesday, June 11, until SpaceX engineers discovered a LOX leak in the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket – upon further review of data from a static fire
FLORIDA SPACE COAST, FL – My comments about the out of control feud between President Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after Musk departed his impactful Doge role at the White House and threatened to immediately decommission the Crew Dragon astronaut taxi and the impact on other programs and missions on the Space Coast were featured in Florida Today. In
FLORIDA SPACE COAST, FL – I was interviewed live by FOX 35’s Josh Frigerio on Florida Live on March 27, 2025 to breakdown the latest space news including, the resupply mission for the ISS now delayed until fall and the first astronauts to orbit the Earth’s poles are set to liftoff next week. The unprecedented and History making Fram2 mission
ORLANDO, FL – March 18 on WFTV ABC 9 News Orlando: Ken Kremer of Space UpClose was live in studio offering expert commentary covering the splashdown return of hero NASA astronauts Butch Williams and Suni Williams aboard Crew 9 Dragon after nearly 10 months on the ISS – In service of Science, NASA and ALL Humanity. With WFTV ABC Orlando
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 CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The Crew-4 multinational team of astronauts from the US and Italy concluded their nearly six-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by floating into their SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft Friday morning, Oct. 14, undocking for final departure and return to Earth and culminating with a successful splashdown
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The multinational NASA Crew-5 quartet of spaceflyers blasted off beautifully at 12 Noon, Wednesday, Oct. 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on a history making science mission bound for the International Space Station (ISS) that for the first time comprises a mixed crew of NASA and Japanese astronauts as well as the
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA is awarding SpaceX task orders for five additional commercial Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in order to maintain an uninterrupted long-term capability to fly astronauts to and from the orbiting research outpost through the end of its currently projected lifetime around 2030. The new award marks
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The multinational four person team of Crew-3 astronauts representing NASA and ESA splashed down overnight this morning just past midnight, May 6, after concluding their 6 month science expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and returning safely to Earth in their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft – during an extremely busy
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Barely 16 hours after a spectacular overnight liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft, the Crew-4 multinational team of astronauts from the US and Italy successfully arrived and docked at the International Space Station (ISS) to start a half year science