CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – In the dead of night another NASA SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply craft was hurled to orbit on a recycled Falcon 9 rocket putting on a spectacular Middle of the Night sky show on the CRS-32 mission bound for the International Space Station (ISS) – soaring on a northeast trajectory at 415 AM ET
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In a remarkable space event unlike anything we’ve ever seen the Fram2 framonaut quartet blasted off on a spectacular nighttime journey to polar orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 31, 2025. Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Resilience took place right on time at 946 PM ET on
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – On their way!! And Unlike anything we’ve ever seen ! Spectacular nighttime liftoff for Fram2 framonauts quartet! – over the beautiful space history mural at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Press Site on March 31, 2025 See here my remarkable polar Timelapse fisheye long duration streak to orbit of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 4 commercial astronaut
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – The first astronauts to orbit the Earth’s poles are set to liftoff on March 31, 2025 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The unprecedented and history making Fram2 mission is the 1st human spaceflight over Earths north and south poles on a free flying mission. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of Fram2 on
FLORIDA SPACE COAST, FL – I was interviewed live by FOX 35’s Josh Frigerio on Florida Live on March 27, 2025 to breakdown the latest space news including, the resupply mission for the ISS now delayed until fall and the first astronauts to orbit the Earth’s poles are set to liftoff next week. The unprecedented and History making Fram2 mission
PORT CANAVERAL, FL – A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the clandestine NROL-69 spysat mission for US National Security on Monday, March 24 at 1:48 p.m. ET, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Eight minutes later the 1st stage booster landed back safely at the Cape at LZ-1- just as a pleasure
GRAND CAYMAN – Jean Wright and Ken Kremer of Space UpClose watched the SpaceX Starship Test Flight 8 rocket as it exploded for the second Time in a row / after several upper stage raptor engines shut down – and the vehicle spun out of control – while we were on vacation aboard the Venezia Carnival Line ship on March
GRAND CAYMAN – Ken Kremer, Managing Editor for Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer on March 7, 2025 to discuss the next steps for Starship and SpaceX after the eighth flight test exploded on March 6, 2025. The Starship mission aims to bring astronauts back to the moon. Jean Wright and Ken Kremer of Space UpClose watched the SpaceX
For SpaceUpClose & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After a dup od weather delays due to high winds reaching over 45 MPH at the Cape, NASA ans SpaceX seems finally to be on the cusp of launching NASA’s revolutionary PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) Earth observation mission aboard a recycles SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soon
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