This is NASA InSight’s first selfie on Mars. It displays the lander’s solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its science instruments, weather sensor booms and UHF antenna. The selfie was taken on Dec. 6, 2018 (Sol 10). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –11 December 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s newest probe on Mars –
Floating SpaceX Falcon 9 towed into Port Canaveral, FL, on 7 Dec. 2018 is nudged into docking slip by tugboats. The 15-story tall first stage made an aborted splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 Dec. 2018 after a grid fin hydraulic failure forced retargeting landing away from the ground at Landing Zone-1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station following
2 Marvels of Technology and ships passing at sea- Floating SpaceX Falcon 9 arriving and USS Indiana nuclear submarine departing Port Canaveral & Jetty Park Pier on 7 Dec. 2018. Soaring to Space and Submerging at Sea. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –8 December 2018 PORT CANAVERAL, FL – Missile meets Missile Sub at Port Canaveral, Florida. Two marvels of technology
SpaceX Dragon CRS-16 cargo ship approaches the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2018 as seen through the windows of the Cupola module along with a toy floating dragon. Dragon launched from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 5, 2018 atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NASA Anne McClain Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –8 December 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Three
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launches to the International Space Station at 1:16 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2018, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying more than 5,600 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies on the 16th resupply mission for NASA. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket poised for liftoff on Dragon CRS-16 cargo ship 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 –5 December 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After a race against time to replace moldy mouse bars
Blastoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on prior Dragon CRS-14 cargo ship mission to the ISS from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on April 2, 2018 at 4:33 pm EDT. CRS-16 launch reset to Dec. 5 at 1:16 p.m. EST. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –3 December 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –
A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz crew to the ISS – as seen and photographed from the ISS by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –3 December 2018 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The International Space Station (ISS) is
This “super-resolution” view of asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018, from a distance of about 205 miles (330 kilometers). Rendezvous with target asteroid, Bennu, slated for Dec. 3, 2018. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –2 December 2018 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling spacecraft is
In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crew members Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 20, 2018 in front of their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft. Launch slated for Dec. 3, 2018. Credits: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Ken Kremer —SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –2