Tag: Space UpClose

Stunning Saturday Night SpaceX Launch & Landing for Globalstar Starts Record Setting Back to Back Bi-Coastal Liftoffs 38 minutes Apart Aug 15: Photos

JETTY PARK BEACH/PORT CANAVERAL, FL – SpaceX achieved a record setting launch of two Falcon 9 rockets just 38.5 minutes apart on Saturday night, Aug. 15 with a pair of bicoastal orbital deliveries for Globalstar and the US Space Force from company launch pads in Florida and California. The record setting launch cadence began with a stunning Saturday evening launch

NASA Administrator Isaacman ‘Extremely Confident’ of Artemis III Launch in 2027 – Response to Ken Kremer of Space UpClose at NASA Max Power Expo event Aug 14: Video

NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY – NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told me that he is “extremely confident” that NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch next year in 2027 where NASA’s Orion crewed spacecraft is scheduled to dock with both of the commercial human lunar landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin – under contract to NASA.

Beautiful Noontime Launch of SpaceX Starlink 10-19 Mission from Florida Space Coast on Aug 11: Photos

TITUSVILLE, FL – Following an unexplained scrub on Monday, SpaceX did finally successfully carry out a beautiful noontime launch of another batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from the Florida Space Coast Spectacular liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon rocket on the Starlink 10-19 mission took place at 11:58 a.m. EDT (1558 UTC) on Tuesday, Aug. 11

Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando – Mission Saved? Swift Observatory boost mission overcoming setbacks: Video

TITUSVILLE, FL – On Aug. 7, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando about significant progress made toward stabilizing the commercial robotic LINK mission aiming to save NASA Swift space telescope from demise – via reboost to higher orbit LINK had suffered a setback post-launch when it started rotating significantly during the commissioning phase in late July The rotation

Delightful Dead of Night Clandestine NRO Spy Sat Launch & Landing on SpaceX Falcon 9 from Florida Space Coast: Photos

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A clandestine spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) took flight in an absolutely delightful dead of night early Wednesday, July 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Florida’s Space Coast. Liftoff of the clandestine NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) took place early Thursday, July 30 at 3:10 a.m.

Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando – Take Two for Starship 13 – 2nd Attempt to launch after last-minute scrub: Video

TITUSVILLE, FL – On July 22, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando 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 was