SpaceX conducts successful daytime static fire test of new Falcon 9 first stage engines at 10 a.m. EDT on April 27 with exhaust wafting overhead at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for CRS-17 resupply mission to the ISS targeted for launch May 1, 2019 – NASA KSC picturesque Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) seen nearby at left. 

UpClose view of twin RD-181 first stage engines and massive flames as Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying Cygnus commercial resupply spacecraft launches April 17, 2019 from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Northrop Grumman’s 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station to deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and supplies.  Credit: Ken

This image, taken March 19, 2019 by a camera on NASA’s Mars InSight lander, shows the rover’s domed Wind and Thermal Shield, which covers its seismometer, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, and the Martian surface in the background.  Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 24 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- For the first time ever we have

The Canadarm2 robotic arm is positioned to grapple the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft as it approaches its capture point with the International Space Station orbiting 255 miles above the Atlantic Ocean on April 19, 2019. Highlighting the foreground is the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module. Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 21 April

Up Close view of prior Dragon CRS-16 cargo ship bolted atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket poised for liftoff on mission to the ISS from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on Dec. 5, 2018 at 1:16 pm EST. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 22 April 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL  –  SpaceX and

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