For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The four person multinational team of NASA Crew-6 mission spaceflyers arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida around lunchtime Sunday, Aug 20, to complete final training and preparations prior to their launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft now targeting overnight Saturday. Aug 26 after a24 hour
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the crew of four astronauts who will blast off on the historic Artemis II mission – as ‘humanity’s crew’ on humanity’s next epic journey beyond Earth orbit and around the Moon and back for the first time in more than 50 years! The history making international flight will
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A 7x recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a commercial Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying over three tons of groundbreaking NASA science and crucial crew supplies and spacesuit hardware Tuesday evening, March 14, to the International Space Station (ISS) into crystal clear nighttime skies from Florida’s Space Coast. The NASA SpaceX resupply
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A 7x recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is primed to launch a commercial Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying over three tons of groundbreaking NASA science and crucial crew supplies Tuesday evening, March 14, to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida’s Space Coast. Weather looks to be excellent for the early evening
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Finally and after overcoming a last minute technical issue with the flow of ignition fluid into the rocket engines that scrubbed Mondays launch attempt, the four person multinational team of US, Russian and UAE astronauts blasted off on the NASA SpaceX Crew-6 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida –
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Although NASA’s Crew-6 astronauts didn’t launch to the International Space Station early Monday morning Feb. 27 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center due to a technical glitch with the flow of critical igniter fluids, SpaceX did manage a splendid sunset launch of another Falcon 9 rocket from a nearby pad on Cape
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A last minute technical issue with the flow of ignition fluid into the rocket engines scrubbed the liftoff of the four person multinational team of NASA Crew-6 mission spaceflyers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – under ideal weather conditions in the wee hours of Monday, Feb. 27. Liftoff of
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The four person multinational team of NASA Crew-6 mission spaceflyers are in the final phases of training and preparations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prior to their launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft now targeting dead of night liftoff overnight Monday, Feb. 27 – and
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The four-person multinational team of NASA Crew-6 mission spaceflyers arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida around lunchtime Tuesday, Feb. 21, to complete final training and preparations prior to their launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft now delayed to overnight Monday, Feb. 27 and bound for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy sprang to life at the golden hour Sunday evening, Jan. 15, roaring skyward at the golden hour on the first flight of the powerful triple stick rocket in 2023 from Florida’s Space Coast, on a mission sending several national security payloads including relay and research satellites to