Workers mount giant trampoline like ‘fishnet’ attached to four massive arms onto SpaceX’s nose cone catching ship named Mr. Steven on Feb 14, 2019 docked in Port Canaveral, FL. The giant net will try to catch falling payload fairings with a giant catchers mitt mid-air before they are damaged by splashdown in the ocean. Mr Steven arrived in port on

Opportunity rover at Perseverance Valley – Farewell view  Featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on Feb. 15, 2019. This pre-dust storm panoramic mosaic view was one of the last ones taken by NASA’s Opportunity rover and shows the spectacular view from her approximate current position as of June 2018 after traveling halfway down the fluid carved slope of

Opportunity rover explores around the rim of 70 meter wide Santa Maria Crater on the long trek from Victoria Crater to Endeavour crater in January 2011 on the 7th anniversary of her landing on the Red Planet. The rim of Endeavour – her final resting place – is visible in the mosaic on the horizon at the right, just above

Opportunity rover looks south from the top of Perseverance Valley along the rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars in this partial self portrait including the rover deck and solar panels. Perseverance Valley descends from the right and terminates down near the crater floor. This navcam camera photo mosaic was assembled from raw images taken on Sol 4736 (20 May 2017)

SpaceX’s nose cone catching ship named Mr. Steven sailed into Port Canaveral, FL, on Feb. 11, 2019. The ship will use a giant net to catch falling payload fairings with a giant catchers mitt before they are damaged by splashdown in the ocean. Two fairings sit on deck in this photo. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer – – SpaceUpclose.com &

Maiden SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017.  Nose cone housing Starman seated in Tesla Roadster is stenciled with Falcon Heavy logo. Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 8 February 2019 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL –  The 1st blastoff of the SpaceX Falcon

NASA pays tribute to fallen astronauts at the annual Day of Remembrance ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with KSC Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana and NASA officials at the Space Mirror Memorial on Feb. 7, 2019. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 8 February 2019  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX/TITUSVILLE, FL

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry as companies develop a new generation of spacecraft and launch systems to carry crews safely to and from low-Earth orbit – the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner. Initial test launches for both have slipped to 2019. Credits: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 6 February 2019

NASA’s InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2, 2019 (Sol 66). The shield covers InSight’s seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 4 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  NASA’s InSight lander has deployed the protective shield covering the Marsquake detecting seismometer instrument

The original crew of the Boeing Starliner crew test flight comprised Eric Boe (left), Nicole Mann and Chris Ferguson as NASA announced in August 2018. For medical reasons Boe has been replaced by Mike Fincke.  Credit: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM — 3 February 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has altered the crew lineup for the 1st Boeing