For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s Orion crew spacecraft was moved this week to the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for stacking on top of the Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket destined for launching the Artemis 1 mission to the Moon as soon as early 2022 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Orion’s move
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – NASA’s lovely Lucy asteroid expedition spacecraft launched into the dark predawn skies Saturday, Oct. 16 on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V Carrier rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on a historic 1st ever trek to traverse and explore Jupiter’s pristine Trojan asteroids. With many singing and
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – At T minus less than 12 hours and counting NASA’s Lucy spacecraft probe is poised for liftoff on a revolutionary mission as the first science probe from Earth aiming to explore the pristine Trojan asteroids – fossilized remnants leftover from the birth of our Solar System some
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – NASA’s Lucy science probe has rolled out to the launch pad on the first ever mission to explore the Trojan asteroids – fossilized remnants leftover from the birth of our Solar System some 4.5 Billion years ago sharing Jupiter’s orbit. Lucy is launching pre-sunrise on Sat. Oct.
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – William Shatner aka Capt. James Kirk of Star Trek launched to space successfully today, Oct. 13, riding on an emotional journey to the final frontier as the oldest the human ever- aboard a Blue Origin rocket who development was financed by billionaire Jeff Bezos rocket! And he emerged profoundly changed by the experience after
NASA Postpones Boeing Starliner Test Flight into 2022 as Faulty Thruster Root Cause Search Continues
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has postponed the next launch attempt of the oft delayed Boeing Starliner uncrewed test flight into no earlier than the first half of 2022 as engineers continue to search for the root cause and fix the faulty propulsion valves discovered inside the spaceships service module that forced a scrub during the Aug.
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS, TITIUSVILLE, FL – NASA’s first ever mission to explore the Trojan asteroids named Lucy is in final preparations for launch in one week on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Space Coast aiming to explore fossilized remnants leftover from the birth of our Solar System some 4.5 Billion years ago
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – World famous Star Trek actor William Shatner aka Capt. Kirk will fly to space next week on billionaire Jeff Bezos New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin announced officially Monday, Oct. 4 – rounding out a crew of four on what counts as only the second trip of the new suborbital commercial rocket and
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL – A SpaceX Cargo Dragon completed its month long stay at the International Space Station (ISS), departing from the orbiting outpost Thursday morning, Sept. 30, and accomplished a safe and successful splashdown hours later in the Atlantic Ocean that evening off the east coast of Florida returning home with some 2.3 tons of research samples
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has selected the landing site for the agency’s first ever lunar rover named VIPER – the robot is an ice prospecting lunar rover targeted for touchdown on the Moon’s south pole after liftoff in 2023 using a commercial rocket and commercial lunar lander. VIPER is a mobile robot that will roam