Tag: Jean Wright

‘Absolutely Beautiful’ Night Launch as Sirius SXM-11 Streaks to GEO on SpaceX Falcon 9: Photos

SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – We watched an “absolutely beautiful” night launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 hurling the 7.5 ton SiriusXM SXM-11 radio-broadcasting satellite mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Sunday night, June 28, from Space View Park in Titusville, FL along the Indian River lagoon into nearly cloud free and moonlit skies above. Space View Park was

NASA’s Next Generation Roman Space Telescope Arrives in Florida on Fathers Day Ahead of Launch NET Aug. 30: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s newest space observatory, the next generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived on Fathers Day, June 21, at the Turn Basin wharf at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cocooned safely inside NASA’s Pegasus barge. Appropriately, Roman was boxed up for transport inside the CHARIOT  or Conditioned Housing for Air, Road and Imaging optics

Picture Perfect Launch Hurls NASA SpaceX 34th Resupply Mission to ISS + Falcon 9 1st Stage Landing at Cape: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  After two weather scrubs earlier this week, the 3rd time finally proved to be the charm at last! With a gorgeous picture perfect launch for the 34th NASA SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) thundered off the launch pad Friday evening May 15 carrying 6500 lbs hardware, science experiments & supplies to

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Poised for Liftoff with Viasat-3 F3 Comsat – Until Last Second Weather Scrubs Launch Double Header: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  We were all excited for the potential of a rare, combined SpaceX and ULA  launch double header on Florida’s Space Coast on Monday, April 27 – until poor weather intervened and scrubbed the liftoff of the first of the day namely the Falcon Heavy Monday morning as rain, winds and thunder rolled into the Kennedy

3rd Blue Origin New Glenn Fails After Upper Stage Malfunction Results in Total Loss of Huge AST Mobile Blue Bird 7 Satellite: Photos

JETTY PARK/PORT CANAVERAL/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The 3rd Blue Origin New Glenn Mission (NG-3) was declared a failure after the upper stage malfunctioned and failed to place the payload into a useable orbit and resulted in a declaration of a total loss of the giant AST Mobile satellite. After the launch team decided on a few last

Awesome Artemis Rainbow Appears over Space Coast as Launch Countdown Begins for NASA’s Artemis II Moonshot Mission: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  An Awesome Artemis Rainbow magically appeared over the Space Coast accompanying the start of the countdown clock for NASA’s Artemis II test flight – which officially began ticking down at 4:44 p.m. EDT to a targeted launch time of 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1 – shortly putting on a magnificent display! On March 30 and T Minus