TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 23, I was interviewed live on FOX 13 Tampa Bay about the 2nd attempt to launch the 13th SpaceX Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas shortly before the then planned liftoff on July 23. Bad weather intervened and SpaceX then rescheduled the liftoff to July 24 The first attempt to launch Starship 13th test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A trailblazing robotic mission dubbed MRV-MEP aimed at extending the operational lifetime of aging, ailing and malfunctioning satellites residing in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) lifted off from the Florida Space Coast on a hot sunny Tuesday afternoon on July 21 atop a veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its final flight. This flight also
TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 3, I was interviewed on two TV networks on FOX 35 Orlando and WESH NBC News Orlando about the successful launch of NASAs first-of-its-kind satellite robotic servicing rescue mission to save NASAs $500 million Swift space telescope which is quickly falling from orbit. See story & video links below Its High Risk, High Reward and
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A beautiful and extremely loud and bright late afternoon April 1 blastoff on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion Moon rocket propelled the Artemis II astronaut quartet on NASA’s history making journey hurling the first humans to the Moon and back in more than 50 years – since NASA’s Apollo era. The successful Artemis
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.
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at noontime Saturday, Feb. 19, carrying the firms Cygnus commercial cargo craft loaded with over 4 tons of NASA science and supplies bound for the International Space Station (ISS) and its seven person international crew from the US, Russia
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Following another delay due to poor weather the fully fueled and integrated NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been rolled out to it launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, and stands ready for launch to space now targeting Christmas morning, Dec. 25 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been fueled with propellants to steer itself in space and carry out its groundbreaking science observations and is nearly ready for flight as launch preparations were resumed following a payload processing incident in mid-November that delayed the scheduled launch date on an Arianespace Ariane 5
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Northrop Grumman successfully launched their commercial Cygnus resupply spacecraft atop the firms Antares rocket loaded with over four tons of science investigations and cargo for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS) at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday evening, August 11, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus NG-16 cargo freighter