For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has captured dramatic new imagery of the Martian moon Phobos during a solar eclipse as seen from the surface of Mars last month. The solar eclipse video of potato shaped Phobos was captured as it transited the Sun with Perseverance’s zoomable and high resolution mast mounted Mastcam-Z camera on April
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
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The Crew-4 multinational team of astronauts from the US and Italy blasted off in the wee hours overnight in spectacular fashion, Wednesday, April 27, atop a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida while seated inside the brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft, bound for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The Crew-4 multinational team of astronauts from the US and Europe is ready to blastoff at last on a nearly half year science mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in the wee hours overnight Wednesday, April 27, after poor splashdown weather forced lengthy homecoming delays for the private Axiom Mission-1
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After a prolonged departure delay due to poor weather the first ever all private astronaut crew that launched to the International Space Station (ISS) Friday morning, April 8, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Axiom Mission 1 (AX-1) successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Enjoy our gallery of up close photos of NASA’s first ever Space Launch System (SLS) Mega Moon rocket taken at Launch Complex 39B a few days ago at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) before it rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs to the rocket and ground systems
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a multi-hour delay for very gusty winds at the Cape launch site, SpaceX utilized a back up launch window later the same day and launched the next batch of Starlink internet satellites early Thursday afternoon, April 21, to low Earth orbit on a veteran recycled first stage booster from Florida’s
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – SpaceX successfully completed a static fire test of their recycled Falcon 9 rocket this morning, April 20, that will launch the brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule with a team of four NASA and ESA astronauts on the Crew-4 science mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – achieving a
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE, FL – The countdown has begun ! – as NASA restarts its new plan to proceed with a modified version of the critical countdown and fueling test known as the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for the first ever Space Launch System (SLS) Mega Moon rocket rolled out to its launchpad atop