International Space Station Configuration as of Aug. 22, 2018: Three spaceships are docked at the space station including the Progress 70 resupply ship and the Soyuz MS-08 and MS-09 crew ships. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 30 August 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – A pair of Russian cosmonauts serving aboard the International Space Station (ISS) repaired a small
This artist’s concept shows the InSight spacecraft, encapsulated in its aeroshell, as it cruises to Mars and Nov. 26, 2018 touchdown at Elysium Planitia. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 24 August 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s InSight lander marked a major milestone when it cruised past the halfway point on its interplanetary voyage enroute to the Red
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Aug. 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas about the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to return to the Moon as a forerunner to future human missions to Mars. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 23 Aug 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In a rousing speech
Wide view high resolution mosaic of the side by side Cerealia Facula (left) and Vinalia Faculae (right) features shows the famous bright spots of salt deposits inside Occator Crater on Ceres. It is based on images obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in its second extended mission, from an altitude as low as about 21 miles (34 kilometers) since June 2018.
The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun and dive into the corona, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, at 3:31 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. From camera at pad. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 21 August 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,
SpaceX Crew Access Arm walkway for NASA astronauts boarding commercial Crew Dragon capsule for missions to the International Space Station is lifted with cranes and installed into position to the top of Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center- as seen on Aug. 20, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 20 Aug 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,
Crew Access Arm walkway and White Room for NASA astronauts boarding commercial SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for flights to the International Space Station is harnessed for hoisting with work crews and cranes atop Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center- as seen on Aug. 18, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 18 Aug 2018 KENNEDY SPACE
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on April 18, 2018. Now in orbit, TESS will spend about two years surveying 200,000 of the brightest stars near the sun to search for planets outside our solar system. Credits: NASA Ken Kremer
Crew access arm walkway for NASA astronauts boarding commercial SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for astronaut flights to the International Space Station arrives atop Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center- as seen on Aug. 17, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com — 17 Aug 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL- The crew access arm that serves as the
Birds of a different feather. As water fowl frolick 1st reflowed and re-recovered upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 sails into the mouth of Port Canaveral past Jetty Park Pier, FL, on Aug. 9, 2018. The SpaceX rocket launched the Merah Putih comsat on Aug. 7 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer