For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The ‘flight-proven’ SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that successfully launched the NASA ESA quartet of Crew-3 multinational astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on a spectacular Wednesday evening Nov. 10 liftoff and landed eight minutes later on a company droneship, returned to Port Canaveral, Florida four days later Sunday evening,
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM PORT CANAVERAL, FL – Scorched like a toasty marshmallow after surviving the scorching heats of reentry into Earth’s atmosphere upon departing the International Space Station (ISS) and safely splashing down in the Gulf Of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, days ago on Monday evening, Nov. 8 – carrying a multinational quartet of astronauts back home from the
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After a days delay due to totally overcast and showery weather and with a dense Saturday morning fog spread all across the central Florida region, the thick layer of ground fog lifted just enough in literally the final minutes to unveil the tip of the payload housing nose cone
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – One day after a cloud obscured but nevertheless stunning nighttime blastoff from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) the four multinational German and American astronauts on the NASA, ESA Crew-3 mission safely and successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday evening, Nov. 11 gliding into port aboard SpaceX’s commercial Crew
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After multiple postponements for poor weather and a ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational crew members, the NASA, ESA SpaceX Crew-3 mission streaked to orbit during a spectacular nighttime launch of US and German astronauts beginning a half year science mission to the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a week and a half of delays for weather and a ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational Crew-3 crew members, NASA and SpaceX are poised for a dramatic nighttime liftoff of the team of NASA and ESA astronauts from America and Germany for a half year science
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After some 200 days in orbit NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 team of four multinational astronauts from the US, France and Japan safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida Monday nearby Pensacola aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft Monday evening, Nov. 8, at about 10:33 p.m. ET
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After several delays for weather and a ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational Crew-3 crew members NASA faced a dilemma juggling competing priorities for the Crew-2 vs. the Crew-3 teams of astronauts already on-board vs. those set to head to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida’s Spaceport.
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Marking a major milestone towards returning American astronauts to the Moon this decade NASA finally completed stacking of the agency’s maiden Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion spacecraft on Oct. 21, for the Artemis I uncrewed mission around the Moon and is targeting launch February 2022 from Florida’s Spaceport – if
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational crew members has forced NASA to again postpone the launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – in this case to no earlier than (NET) Saturday, Nov. 6, the agency announced late today. Liftoff had