SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical and poised for liftoff at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL on Starlink-1 mission targeted for launch May 15, 2019 at 10:30 p.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 15 May 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday evening May
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin unveils his privately developed ‘Blue Moon’ lunar lander on May 9, 2019 in Washington D.C.. Credit: Blue Origin Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 13 May 2019 TITUSVILLE, FL- Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin rocket company, Amazon and the world’s richest person, has unveiled his vision of returning to the Moon –
Artists concept for NASA’s human return to the Moon’s surface by 2024. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 13 May 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced today that the Trump Administration will add an additional $1.6 Billion to NASA’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request in order to carry out the President’s new mandate to
SpaceX conducts successful nighttime static fire test of Falcon 9 first stage engines at approximately 10:15 p.m. EDT on May 13 with exhaust spewing out left from the flame trench at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, for Starlink-1 mission targeted for launch May 15, 2019 at 1030 p.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —
BOOSTER RETURNS TO CAPE: With all 4 landing legs retracted 1st time the SpaceX Falcon 9 launched and landed 1st stage booster from Dragon CRS-17 resupply mission to the ISS for NASA on May 4, 2019 was transported horizontally back to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, around 1 p.m. EDT May 8 – achieving a major recycling milestone. See NASA’s
Fishing for a Falcon 9 in a bikini from a passing speed boat – locals appear unaware as SpaceX technicians craned the launched and landed SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-17 mission 1st stage off the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ droneship in Port Canaveral, FL, Sunday morning May 5, 2019 around 11 a.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —
Glistening with Sunset Sheen: First instance of recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage booster standing vertically with 4 fully retracted landing legs locked against the CRS-17 mission core stationed on pedestal at Port Canaveral, FL, 7 May 2019. Surrounded by two mockup Crew Dragon test articles. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 8 May 2019 PORT CANAVERAL,
Composite launch and landing streak of SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-17 mission after liftoff from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 4, 2019 bound for the International Space Station (ISS) – as seen from the VAB roof at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL. 1st stage lands safely just off shore of Port Canaveral eight minutes later
The SpaceX Dragon CRS-17 Cargo Craft captured and attached to the CanadaArm2 at 7:01 a.m. EDT on May 6, 2019 after launching on May 4 from Cape Canaveral, FL. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 6 May 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Two days after a stunningly beautiful and technically flawless middle-of the-night launch atop a commercial
The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon CRS-17 cargo vessel lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 4, 2019, on its way to the International Space Station. CRS-17 is the 17th SpaceX mission to the ISS carrying over 5,500 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations– as seen from the VAB roof at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL.