For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A brand new SpaceX Falcon 9 booster successfully launched an international foursome of U .S., Russian and Japanese astronauts and cosmonauts including three rookies and a lone veteran on the history making Crew-5 mission at 12 noon EDT (1600 GMT), Wednesday, Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – At last the third time was the charm for SpaceX for a stunning sunset and moonrise launch of a fleet leading Falcon 9 booster that delivered dual TV telecomsats for Intelsat to a geosynchronous transfer orbit Saturday evening. Oct. 8 from Florida’s Spaceport after a pair of technical scrubs the
Crew-5 Astronaut-Cosmonaut Team Arrives Aboard Commercial Crew Dragon at International Space Station
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a 29-hour orbital chase through space the multinational NASA Crew-5 quartet of astronaut and cosmonaut spaceflyers rendezvoused and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday afternoon, Oct. 6 arriving aboard their SpaceX commercial Crew Dragon spacecraft. following a picture-perfect blastoff at 12 Noon, Wednesday, Oct. 5 from NASA’s Kennedy
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The multinational NASA Crew-5 quartet of spaceflyers blasted off beautifully at 12 Noon, Wednesday, Oct. 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on a history making science mission bound for the International Space Station (ISS) that for the first time comprises a mixed crew of NASA and Japanese astronauts as well as the
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – Following five consecutive weather scrubs since Tuesday, Sept. 13, the heavens miraculously cleared just enough despite another poor forecast and SpaceX at last launched a veteran Falcon 9 rocket on the sixth try just past sunset Sunday evening, Sept. 18, on a mission carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites to low Earth
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – For a brief day in early September a darling rocket duo were standing simultaneously vertical at the sister pads Launch Pads 39B and 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida – namely NASA’s Artemis 1 maiden SLS/Orion Mega Moon rocket and SpaceX’s record-breaking recycled Falcon 9 rocket
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo spacecraft docked autonomously to the International Space Station, Saturday morning, July 16, delivering three tons of NASA science and supplies to the 7-person crew serving aboard, just a day and a half after the stunning post sunset liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a commercial Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying nearly three tons of groundbreaking NASA science and crucial crew supplies Thursday evening, July 14, to the International Space Station and spawned a stunning ‘Space Jellyfish’ high in the skies just after sunset over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM TITUSVILLE, FL – Another veteran recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launched the next batch of 53 Starlink internet satellite to low Earth orbit, Thursday morning, July 7 from Florida’s Space Coast- as only the 2nd 13th flown first stage. In another stunning space achievement SpaceX has now launched and landed a recycled Falcon 9 first stage
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – Flyng for only the second time a SpaceX Falcon 9 blasted off into cloudy skies carrying the commercial SES-22 television broadcasting satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) after threatening clouds luckily skirted the Cape in the final hour enabling the launch Wednesday afternoon, June 29 from Florida’s Space