CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A luscious liftoff performance by the most powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket delivered the Kuiper 3 mission to LEO for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation – just past sunrise on Sept. 25. The Atlas V 551 rocket liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 took place right on time at 8:09 a.m.
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits poised for liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday morning evening Sept. 25 ready to blast the third batch of Amazons Kuiper broadband constellation of commercial internet comsats to orbit by ULA – setting up a new system for
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A trio of NASA and NOAA science satellites were launched at sunrise Wednesday, Sept. 24, by SpaceX from the Florida Space Coast to the L1 Lagrange Point to investigate space weather and map the suns influence across our Solar System from a unique vantage point thats located a million miles (1,5 million km) from Earth.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Today, Sept. 23, we media had the opportunity for an up close visit to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and set up our remote cameras to photograph the launch of the NASA NOAA joint endeavor to launch a trio of ambitious new space weather science missions on Wednesday, Sept. 24 led by
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Note Sept. 22: Launch delay to Sept. 24. NASA is preparing to launch a trio of ambitious new space weather science mission on Tuesday, Sep 23 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, led by IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) which is an observatory designed to study space weather and explore and map the
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/ CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The biggest ever Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus Cargo ship is poised for launch from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station (ISS) on a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket under a commercial resupply services contract with NASA. NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting liftoff for 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept.
TITUSVILLE, FL – SpaceX successfully achieved its 500th Falcon Booster landing after a rapid fire launch duo opened the month of September with Space Coast blastoffs on Sept 3 & 5 from pads 39A and 40 – to fortify the Starlink mega constellation of broadband internet satellites. The month of September began auspiciously with the SpaceX Starlink 10-22 mission sunrise liftoff
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