A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission streaks to orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. EDT in this 10 minute long duration single frame image. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –

Stunning blastoff of triple barreled SpaceX Falcon Heavy on April 11, 2019 at 6:35 PM ET from Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL carrying the Arabsat-6A telecommunications satellite to Earth orbit, on 1st commercial launch of Falcon Heavy.  From my remote camera placed at pad 39a.  Launch of the 3rd Falcon Heavy on STP-2 mission for the U.S.

The full SpaceX Falcon Heavy with a payload fairing attached stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in this wide angle view June 19, 2019 after horizontal rollout and going vertical. Launch on the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Air Force is slated for June 24, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. EDT.  See 2 sooty side boosters recycled

Stunning blastoff of triple barreled SpaceX Falcon Heavy on April 11, 2019 at 6:35 PM ET from Launch Complex-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL carrying the Arabsat-6A telecommunications satellite to Earth orbit, on 1st commercial launch of Falcon Heavy.  From my remote camera placed at pad 39a.  Launch on the 3rd Falcon Heavy on STP-2 mission for the U.S.

SpaceX conducted a short Static Fire Test of the Falcon Heavy rockets 1st 27 first stage engines with a payload fairing attached and standing vertical at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 11:32 p.m. EDT June 19, 2019. Launch of the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Air Force is slated for June 24, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Focused view of full SpaceX Falcon Heavy with a payload fairing attached stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 9 a.m. EDT June 19, 2019 after horizontal rollout at 1 a.m. and raising at about 6 a.m. Launch on the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Air Force is slated for June 24, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Artist concept of the logistics module docked to Gateway in lunar orbit. NASA will seek solicitations from American companies to deliver cargo and other supplies to the lunar outpost that will support human exploration of the Moon by 2024.  Credits: NASA Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 17 June 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  As NASA continues the rapid ramp

Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 project take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover. The image was taken on June 5, 2019, in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility’s High Bay 1 clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 14 June 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL

Orion’s European built service module for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission completed acoustic testing inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 25, 2019.  Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux    Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM – 12 June 2019 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The European-built service module for NASA’s Orion crew spacecraft has completed acoustic

This image of the flight model of NASA’s Mars Helicopter was taken on Feb. 14, 2019, in a cleanroom at JPL. The aluminum base plate, side posts and crossbeam around the helicopter protect its landing legs and the attachment points that will hold it to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover.  Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ken Kremer — SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM –