Year: 2019

SpaceX Falcon 9 Poised for May 3 Liftoff on Dragon Cargo Mission to ISS: Photos, Watch Live

Up Close view of SpaceX Cargo Dragon and mobile cleanroom as technicians work towards addition of CRS-17 mission late load science items as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests horizontal on Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The CRS-17 cargo ship is now slated for liftoff May 3, 2019 at 3:11 a.m. EDT.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer

Photos: Wrecked SpaceX Falcon Heavy Core Booster Arrives into Port Canaveral

Wrecked Falcon Heavy core stage resting horizontally on the deck of the OCISLY droneship on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 after being towed back into Port Canaveral, FL. The booster landed successfully after April 11 launch but toppled over in rough seas days later and was destroyed.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 30 April 2019 PORT

Curiosity Rover Captures Two Solar Eclipses on Mars

Curiosity Observes Phobos Eclipse: Sol 2359: This series of images shows the Martian moon Phobos as it crossed in front of the Sun, as seen by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (Sol 2359). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Ken Kremer  —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –30 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In recent weeks NASA’s Curiosity rover has occasionally trained

NASA Postpones SpaceX Dragon Cargo Launch to NET May 3 to Fix Station Power Glitch

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking on Oct. 4, 2018. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 30 April 2019 TITUSVILLE, FL  –  NASA officials today postponed the planned May 1 launch of a SpaceX Dragon cargomission to the International Space Station (ISS) by at least 48 hours after

Antares Awesome Afternoon Ascent Carrying Cygnus Cargo Craft to Space Station Crew: Photo/Video Gallery

UpClose view of twin RD-181 first stage engines and massive flames as Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying Cygnus commercial resupply spacecraft launches April 17, 2019 from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Northrop Grumman’s 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station to deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and supplies.  Credit: Ken

NASA’s InSight Lander Captures 1st Audio of Likely ‘MarsQuake’

This image, taken March 19, 2019 by a camera on NASA’s Mars InSight lander, shows the rover’s domed Wind and Thermal Shield, which covers its seismometer, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, and the Martian surface in the background.  Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 24 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- For the first time ever we have

Cygnus Cargo Freighter Arrives at Space Station, Crew Unloads Science

The Canadarm2 robotic arm is positioned to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft as it approaches its capture point with the International Space Station orbiting 255 miles above the Atlantic Ocean on April 19, 2019. Highlighting the foreground is the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 21 April

SpaceX, NASA Target April 30 Cargo Dragon Launch to ISS with Droneship Landing after Crew Dragon Anomaly

Up Close view of prior Dragon CRS-16 cargo ship bolted atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket poised for liftoff on mission to the ISS from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on Dec. 5, 2018 at 1:16 pm EST. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 22 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL  –  SpaceX and