KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – At a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center press site held on Feb. 27, new NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to Project Artemis – increasing the flight cadence for the SLS and Orion moon rocket by adding more test flights to improve resiliency and reliability as well as changing the mission goals.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft mega moon rocket for the Artemis II crewed moonshot mission completed its rollback from launch pad 39B to the VAB where it arrived around 8 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – to fix the helium flow interruption issue detected in the ICPS upper stage during
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft mega moon rocket for the Artemis II crewed moonshot mission has begun its rollback from launch pad 39B to the VAB at 9:38 a.m. EST, Feb. 25, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – to fix the helium flow interruption issue detected in the ICPS upper stage during testing overnight Feb. 21
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL I was interviewed live by Fox 35 Orlando on Feb. 19 for my comments and analysis update about NASA releasing a scathing report detailing Boeings and NASA failures that led to the Starliner CFT mission mishap. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman released the investigative report on Feb 19 and held a press conference about the findings
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Bad news for NASA Artemis II launch! An issue with interruption of highly purified helium gas flow was detected in the ICPS upper stage during testing overnight Feb. 21 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida forcing rollback to the VAB. Helium is required in various SLS systems for pressurization and
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After several weather related delays, the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission with a multinational crew of 4 astronauts and cosmonauts are at last bound for the International Space Station (ISS) after launching Friday the 13th of February on an 8+ month science expedition to the Earth orbiting laboratory. Four crew members of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – As part of the ongoing investigation into why significant levels of gaseous hydrogen were detected during the recent WDR wet dress rehearsal cryogenic propellant loading test on Feb. 2 – that forced NASA to abort the final steps of the test – the agency conducted an unannounced liquid hydrogen (LH2) partial fueling test of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission is poised for liftoff to the International Space Station (ISS) with 4 astronauts and cosmonauts on board aiming to conduct an 8+ month science expedition to the Earth orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is targeting Friday, Feb 13, 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/TITUSVILLE/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – We had a few opportunities to photograph NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket from locations on the Kennedy Space Center as well as off site from Titusville along the Indian River lagoon – as the 2-day long Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) cryogenic fueling and simulated countdown was in progress since the evening of Jan. 31.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – I was interviewed live by FOX 35 Orlando on Feb. 3 at the Kennedy Space Center press site following NASA’s news conference for the media discussing why the WDR (wet dress rehearsal) cryogenic propellant fueling test for the Artemis II moon rocket ended early overnight Feb 2/3 due to serious hydrogen leaks. Also- what’s ahead