KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/ CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The maiden mammoth Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus Cargo ship thundered to orbit from Cape Canaveral bound for launch the International Space Station (ISS) carrying its heaviest payload to date under a commercial resupply services contract with NASA. Liftoff of the NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX mission took place right on time
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In the dead of night after the skies finally cleared a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft thundered to orbit atop a recycled Falcon 9 carrying over 2.5 tons of science and supplies for NASA along with a reboost demonstration kit bound for the International Space Station (ISS) that will be used in critical experiments to raise
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After late day torrential rains dissipated the skies cleared just in time for a magnificent just before midnight and on time launch of the 8th X-37B military space plane mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the mostly classified USSF-36 mission for the U.S. Space Force as part of the National Security
SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Spectators enjoyed a picture-perfect blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying European weather satellite MTG-S1 for the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) at 5:04 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 1, 2025. This Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite was carried
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Marking a magnificent middle of the night blastoff the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) private astronaut mission finally soared to orbit at 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25 aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – bound for the International Space Station (ISS), following a series of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Following a series of launch delays due to LOX leaks on the SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage and the discovery of further air leaks aboard the ISS, NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX have announced they are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX have further delayed the Axiom Space AX-4 commercial astronaut mission to the ISS following the discovery of further air leaks aboard the ISS that have been ongoing since 2019 in the Russian Zvezda module. The new target is no earlier than Thursday, June 19. The private crew will only be
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
PLAYALINDA BEACH/CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE, FL – A SpaceX Falcon 9 went vertical overnight Saturday night June 7 ahead of Tuesday morning launch of Axiom-4 commercial astronaut mission planned to liftoff at 822 AM ET pad 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, FL. See my photos of the integrated Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon – as seen from Playalinda Beach, Canaveral National
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