For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL, FL – Alas it was not to be – as only broken bits of the payload fairing halves from the 12th SpaceX Starlink launch on Thursday morning, Sept. 3 this week were recovered by the SpaceX fleet and returned to Port Canaveral a day later Friday afternoon, Sept. 4. SpaceX had not made any
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Space enthusiasts were treated to a beautiful breakfast time blastoff with bountiful water reflections amounting to what looked like two Falcon 9s launching simultaneously in opposite directions from many locations ringing the Florida Space Coast for Thursday’s weather delayed liftoff of a ‘flight-proven’ Falcon on Sept. 3 that was originally supposed
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The weather delayed liftoff of a ‘flight-proven’ Falcon 9 that was supposed to open a historic double header of recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage launches on Sunday, Aug, 30 is at last at hand – now retargeted to Thursday morning, Sept. 3 carrying the next batch of Starlink internet satellites
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL, FL – After multiple fits and starts all 4 landing legs were fully successfully retracted on the 5x flown and landed SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage booster that returned to Port Canaveral this week atop the OCISLY droneship from the 10th Starlink mission – and which was then tilted and lowered horizontal onto a
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s next mission to the Red Planet the $2.7 Billion Mars 2020 Perseverance rover now has the nuclear power it needs to explore for many years to come – and the liftoff is targeted for July 30 from the Florida Space Coast is now just days away. The plutonium based power source
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – Recently discovered Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is now putting on a dazzling display in the early evening for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere and its right at prime time roughly 45 minutes or so after sunset and showing off a spectacular tail to boot !! – as it passes through the inner solar
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/TITUSVILLE, FL – A late morning front with dismal weather pushed into the Florida Space Coast Wednesday morning as expected dumping torrential rain and lightning strikes on and around the Cape and thus forced another multiday scrub by the SpaceX team to the launch of the next batch of their Starlink broadband internet satellites
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s flagship $2.4 Billion Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has suffered another significant delay to her launch from the Florida Space Coast to the Red Planet – dedicated to the search for signs of life beyond Earth. The delay is a big deal because NASA only has a narrow three and a
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL, FL – In a major milestone towards rocket reusability the first ever 5 times launched and landed SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage was lowered horizontal today onto a wheeled transporter, clamped down and trekked back the lengthy road to the Cape from Port Canaveral – with all landing legs retracted – for what is
Clandestine X-37B Spaceplane Successfully Soars to Space on ULA Atlas V for U.S. Space Force: Photos
For Space Upclose.com and RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After a days delay due to atrocious weather the clandestine X-37B spaceplane successfully soared to space atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V for the U.S. Space Force from the Florida Space Coast Sunday morning May 17 – on a mission dedicated to first responders amidst the