Tag: Space UpClose

Secretive SpaceX Starfall Reentry Capsule Demo Mission Sunrise Launch and ABC Orlando Interview: Photos

SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL- I watched the launch of the secretive SpaceX Starfall reentry capsule demonstration mission early Tuesday morning, June 23, from Space View Park in Titusville, FL along the Indian River lagoon. Starfall was the first flight of new SpaceX reentry technology – testing a new hockey puck shaped reentry capsule dish that can return up to

NASA’s Next Generation Roman Space Telescope Arrives in Florida on Fathers Day Ahead of Launch NET Aug. 30: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s newest space observatory, the next generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived on Fathers Day, June 21, at the Turn Basin wharf at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cocooned safely inside NASA’s Pegasus barge. Appropriately, Roman was boxed up for transport inside the CHARIOT  or Conditioned Housing for Air, Road and Imaging optics

Picture Perfect Launch Hurls NASA SpaceX 34th Resupply Mission to ISS + Falcon 9 1st Stage Landing at Cape: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  After two weather scrubs earlier this week, the 3rd time finally proved to be the charm at last! With a gorgeous picture perfect launch for the 34th NASA SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) thundered off the launch pad Friday evening May 15 carrying 6500 lbs hardware, science experiments & supplies to

Beautiful Nighttime Liftoff of ULA Atlas V Delivers Amazon LEO 6 Internet Constellation Satellites to Orbit Soaring Below Moon: Photos

SPACE VIEW PARK, FL – A big crowd watched the beautifully nighttime liftoff of the 6th batch of operational broadband satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation aboard the most powerful version of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fl, Monday evening, April 27 – soaring majestically below a rising Moon, as seen