NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN on CARNIVAL VENEZIA CRUISE SHIP – Dec 1, 2025. If you want a chance to see a rocket launch while cruising you might consider joining the Space UpClose team of Jean Wright and Ken Kremer! Even on vacation we do space outreach wherever its reasonable So, Just hours after departing on our 2-week cruise aboard the Carnival
SPACE VIEW PARK, FL – Thick clouds greeted the 48 hour weather delayed liftoff of the 4th batch of operational broadband satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation in the ‘dead-of-night’ aboard the most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla early Tuesday, Dec. 16. A United Launch Alliance (ULA)
JETTY PARK & PORT CANAVERAL, FL – The Blue Origin New Glenn-2 first stage booster that accomplished a history making launch and landing last week Nov. 13 returned triumphantly to Port Canaveral in tow atop the company Jacklyn droneship early Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, less than 5 days after liftoff – and with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos on deck beaming
JETTY PARK, FL – After multiple delays due to both Earth and Space Weather the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched for only its second launch and achieved a history making landing of the reusable first stage on a droneship waiting at sea – while accomplishing its primary goal of hurling NASA’s twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – For only its second launch, the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket is now poised for liftoff on Nov. 9 after NASA’s twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Mars Orbiters were integrated with the rocket following a successful static fire test last week and the integrated stack was rolled out to pad 36. Liftoff
SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Under clear overnight skies SpaceX put on a spectacular sky show with the launch of the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission and RTLS landing Sunday Nov. 4 under virtually pristine skies Liftoff of Bandwagon-4 on a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took place just past midnight at 1:09:59 a.m. EDT (0509:59 UTC) on 2 Nov. 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A luscious liftoff performance by the most powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket delivered the Kuiper 3 mission to LEO for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation – just past sunrise on Sept. 25. The Atlas V 551 rocket liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 took place right on time at 8:09 a.m.
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits poised for liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday morning evening Sept. 25 ready to blast the third batch of Amazons Kuiper broadband constellation of commercial internet comsats to orbit by ULA – setting up a new system for
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A trio of NASA and NOAA science satellites were launched at sunrise Wednesday, Sept. 24, by SpaceX from the Florida Space Coast to the L1 Lagrange Point to investigate space weather and map the suns influence across our Solar System from a unique vantage point thats located a million miles (1,5 million km) from Earth.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Today, Sept. 23, we media had the opportunity for an up close visit to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and set up our remote cameras to photograph the launch of the NASA NOAA joint endeavor to launch a trio of ambitious new space weather science missions on Wednesday, Sept. 24 led by