NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announces NASA’s 2020 budget request from the Trump Administration to NASA employees, contractors and the media at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, 2019– backdropped by the Orion Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2) crew capsule being assembled in the Neil Armstrong Operation and Checkout Building. Astronaut Karen Nyberg shows off interior of mockup Orion via
Scorched SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on deck of GO Searcher recovery ship arrives into Port Canaveral, FL late evening of March 9, 2019 some 35 hours after splashdown at 8:45 a.m. EST March 8, in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 230 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida and hoisting on deck. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 10
SpaceX Crew Dragon hoisted aboard SpaceX GO Searcher recovery vessel at approx. 9:50 a.m. EST March 8, 2018 using hydraulic lifting crane from the Atlantic Ocean at a spot located approximately 230 miles northeast of the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida Credit: NASA TV Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 8 March 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – SpaceX’s commercially
UpClose view into the rear of SpaceX astronaut recovery ship GO Searcher with Crew Dragon mock-up in Port Canaveral, FL in March 2019. The capsule is seen here atop the deck with hoisting crane that will pluck the real Crew Dragon aboard after Atlantic Ocean splashdowns upon return from the ISS. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –8 March
Mid-air view of recovered/landed SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Crew Dragon Demo-1 launch going airborne again at 125 PM ET, March 5, 2019 over mock Crew Dragon capsule after craning off the OCISLY drone ship to platform on land at Port Canaveral, FL – 3 days after liftoff from Launch Complex-39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken
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