SpaceX static fire testing anomaly April 20, 2019 impacted Demo-1 Crew Vehicle sends smoke billowing into the skies over Cape Canaveral, FL. Credit: Craig Bailey/Florida Today Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 21 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL  – The recently launched and recovered SpaceX Demo-1 crew vehicle spacecraft was in fact the test vehicle impacted in the April

Super Draco static engine test firing. Credit: SpaceX Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 20 April 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL  – A SpaceX Crew Dragon test vehicle suffered a significant anomaly failure during static fire engine testing this afternoon, Saturday, April 20, at Landing Zone 1 that sent orange colored smoke rising and billowing into the skies that was

Antares and Nature blast off for space and the space station. The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Northrop Grumman’s 11th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/SpaceUpClose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com &

SpaceX Falcon Heavy center core sticks upright landing on OCISLY droneship on April 11, 2019, but toppled over due to rough seas. Credit: SpaceX Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 15 April 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER  – The core booster of the triple stick Falcon Heavy that successfully landed on a drone ship after last weeks SpaceX launch has been

Israeli Beresheet lunar lander took this image at an altitude of 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) above the moon on April 11, 2019. Credit: SpaceIL Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 12 April 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL- After a gallant effort worthy of the celestial goal the small privately built Israeli moon lander Beresheet fortified with high hopes failed in

Stunning blastoff of triple barreled SpaceX Falcon Heavy on April 11, 2019 at 6:35 PM ET from Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL carrying the Arabsat-6A telecommunications satellite to Earth orbit, on 1st commercial launch of Falcon Heavy.  From my remote camera placed at pad 39a.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 11 April 2019

Artists concept of Israeli Beresheet lunar probe firing thrusters for moon landing slated for April 11, 2019.  Credit: SpaceIL/IAI Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 11 April 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL- Israeli’s first ever mission to the moon – Beresheet – is on course to complete a thrilling first of its kind lunar touchdown later today, Thursday, April 11,

Prelaunch view of SpaceX Falcon Heavy being raised erect at pad39A carrying the Arabsat-6A communications satellite to Earth orbit for launch on April 10, 2019 at 6:35 PM ET from Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 9/10 April 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  Only the second ever