Author: Ken Kremer

Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and more space and mission reports direct from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news. Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken’s photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events.

Gallery: Stunning Sunset Blastoff Starts NASA’s TESS Exoplanet Hunter Streak to Space Searching for New Earth’s

NASA’s next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on April 18, 2018 from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL – in this view from a pad camera. TESS will search for new worlds outside our solar system for further study.   Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com 

NASA’s TESS Probe to Discover New Earth-like Habitable Exoplanets Soars to Orbit on SpaceX Falcon 9

NASA’s next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 18, 2018. TESS will search for new worlds outside our solar system for further study.   Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   18 April 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s powerful TESS probe aiming to discover new Earth-like habitable worlds

SpaceX Resolves Rocket Issues after Scrub, Rolls Falcon 9 to Florida Pad and Poised for Liftoff with NASA TESS Exoplanet Searcher: Apr 18 Watch Live

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and NASA TESS exoplanet hunter poised for liftoff from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on April 18 at 6:51 pm EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   18 April 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After Mondays planned launch of NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter was scrubbed due to problems

Most Powerful ULA Atlas V Propels AF MilSat Duo to Orbit during Stunning Sunset Liftoff: Gallery

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command AFSPC-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14, 2018 at 7:13 p.m. EDT on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.  Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   16 April 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A duo of military research

NASA TESS Exoplanet Hunter Poised for Launch to Discover New Habitable Worlds: Watch Live April 16

Up close view of NASA TESS exoplanet hunter encapsulated inside the nose cone atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket poised for liftoff from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on April 16 at 6:32 pm EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   16 April 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter is

Gorgeous Sunset Blastoff Delivers Multi Satellite Payload of Air Force Research Satellites to High Orbit on Mightiest ULA Atlas V

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command AFSPC-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14, 2018 at 7:13 p.m. EDT on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.  Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   14 April 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – Skywatchers were treated to an

ULA Ready to Launch USAF Technology Testing Satellites On Most Powerful Atlas V on Apr 14: Watch Live

A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command AFSPC-11 mission is poised for liftoff on April 14, 2018 after being rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41 on April 13.  Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   13 April 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL –

In the Cleanroom with TESS – NASA’s Newest Exoplanet Hunter Launching April 16

NASA’s TESS Exoplanet hunter being processed by technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility clean room on Feb 20, 2018 at the Kennedy Space Center.  Launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 set for April 16, 2018. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer  —   SpaceUpClose.com  —   11 April 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s newest exoplanet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite