For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – At last the third time was the charm for SpaceX for a stunning sunset and moonrise launch of a fleet leading Falcon 9 booster that delivered dual TV telecomsats for Intelsat to a geosynchronous transfer orbit Saturday evening. Oct. 8 from Florida’s Spaceport after a pair of technical scrubs the
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 – A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a commercial Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying nearly three tons of groundbreaking NASA science and crucial crew supplies Thursday evening, July 14, to the International Space Station and spawned a stunning ‘Space Jellyfish’ high in the skies just after sunset over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM Titusville, FL – Just past midnight Sunday, June 19, SpaceX completed an amazing launch trifecta with the blastoff of the Globalstar FM15 telecommunications satellite to low-Earth orbit on the 3rd recycled Falcon 9 rocket to launce in just 36 hours from 3 different launch pads from both U.S. coasts in Florida and California. The mission trifecta
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In a stunning space achievement SpaceX launched and landed a recycled Falcon 9 first stage for a record-breaking 13th time for the first time ever at noontime Friday, June 17 from the Kennedy Space Center – on the occasion of another Starlink internet satellite launch. While crowning and establishing a new
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX successfully launched the four ton Egyptian Nilesat 301 telecommunications satellite towards geosynchronous orbit on a 7x recycled Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday afternoon, June 8, from Florida’s Spaceport into briefly blue skies – and did so just in the nick of time ahead of a huge swatch of
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX successfully launched it 5th dedicated commercial smallsat rideshare mission carrying 59 spacecraft of various shapes and sizes to low Earth orbit – including for NASA – as well as the ashes of 47 humans in a payload sponsored by Celestis on Wednesday afternoon, May 15 soaring southwards from
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered the next batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites to LEO from NSA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida during a beautiful predawn launch Friday, May 6. As witnessed from our viewing location at the KSC Press site the Falcon 9 quickly disappeared in less
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX successfully re-launched a recycled Falcon 9 first stage booster in a record setting turnaround time of just 21 days at dinnertime Friday evening, April 29 carrying the next batch of Starlink internet satellites to LEO from Florida’s Space Coast into virtually clear blue skies but with hefty ground
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