Israeli Beresheet moon lander mission timeline and trajectory. Credit: SpaceIL/IAI Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 26 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  Isreal’s first moon mission ‘Beresheet’ suffered a computer glitch Monday evening Feb 25 forcing cancellation of its second planned orbit raising thruster firing maneuver as it continues on its current orbit to reach the Moon in about

Thrice flown/landed SpaceX Falcon 9 booster goes airborne again at 135 PM ET Feb 24 after craning off the OCISLY drone ship (at left) on which it soft landed – as oblivious tourists fling by in boat sailing in Port Canaveral, FL. The spent recovered booster had just floated into Port a few hours earlier towed by Signet Warhorse tugboat,

Artists concept of SpaceX Crew Dragon approaching the ISS. Maiden uncrewed test flight with no astronauts on board is scheduled for launch March 2, 2019 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 23 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA and SpaceX have cleared the path to launch of the first uncrewed test

Long duration streak shot of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 1st launch of 2019 from Florida Space Coast delivering Nusantara Satu communications satellite to Earth orbit for Indonesia and the privately funded Beresheet moon launder on lunar trajectory for Israel after Feb 21, 2019 nighttime liftoff at 8:45 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,

Giant trampoline like ‘fishnet’ attached to four massive arms onto SpaceX’s nose cone catching ship named Mr. Steven docked in Port Canaveral, FL as crew practices scooping up a payload fairing half with the secondary net Feb 19, 2019.  The giant net will try to catch falling payload fairings with a giant catchers mitt mid-air before they are damaged by

The Nusantara Satu spacecraft is equipped with two rideshare payloads, the Beresheet lunar lander and the U.S. Air Force S5 experimental satellite as it is readied for encapsulation inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Launch is slated for Feb. 21, 2019 from Space Launch Complex-40.  Credit: SSL Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

Long exposure streak shot of a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 4 missile tracking surveillance satellite for the U.S. Air Force after lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:48 p.m.  EST, Jan. 19, 2018.   Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 19 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  The

File photo of ULA Atlas V rocket poised for launch from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Jan. 19, 2018. NASA has selected Atlas V to launch the Lucy probe on the 1st mission to Jupiter’s unexplored Trojan asteroids.   Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 17 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – SpaceX

Workers mount giant trampoline like ‘fishnet’ attached to four massive arms onto SpaceX’s nose cone catching ship named Mr. Steven on Feb 14, 2019 docked in Port Canaveral, FL. The giant net will try to catch falling payload fairings with a giant catchers mitt mid-air before they are damaged by splashdown in the ocean. Mr Steven arrived in port on

Opportunity rover at Perseverance Valley – Farewell view  Featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on Feb. 15, 2019. This pre-dust storm panoramic mosaic view was one of the last ones taken by NASA’s Opportunity rover and shows the spectacular view from her approximate current position as of June 2018 after traveling halfway down the fluid carved slope of