The SpaceX Crew Dragon is docked to the station’s international docking adapter (IDA) on March 3, 2019 which is attached to the forward end of the Harmony module on the International Space Station (ISS). Credit: NASA TV Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 3 March 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  Barely 24 hours after blastoff from the Florida Space

Water reflection launch view as SpaceX Falcon 9 soars off Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday, March 2, 2019 carrying the company’s first commercially-built and operated Crew Dragon spacecraft to orbit for docking with the International Space Station (ISS) – as seen from VAB roof.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

Up Close view of SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft bolted atop Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Access Arm astronaut walkway in position after being raised vertical at NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida on March 1, 2019 ahead of scheduled maiden liftoff March 2 at 2:49 a.m. EST on critical unpiloted test flight on Demo-1 mission. This will lead to

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon go vertical at sunset Feb. 28, 2019 preparing for critical maiden unpiloted test flight on Demo-1 mission scheduled to launch March 2 at 2:49 a.m. EST  from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida, preparing to return human spaceflight capabilities to the United States Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM —

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