For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – One day after a cloud obscured but nevertheless stunning nighttime blastoff from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) the four multinational German and American astronauts on the NASA, ESA Crew-3 mission safely and successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday evening, Nov. 11 gliding into port aboard SpaceX’s commercial Crew
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After multiple postponements for poor weather and a ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational crew members, the NASA, ESA SpaceX Crew-3 mission streaked to orbit during a spectacular nighttime launch of US and German astronauts beginning a half year science mission to the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After several delays for weather and a ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational Crew-3 crew members NASA faced a dilemma juggling competing priorities for the Crew-2 vs. the Crew-3 teams of astronauts already on-board vs. those set to head to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida’s Spaceport.
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A ‘minor medical issue’ affecting one of the four multinational crew members has forced NASA to again postpone the launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – in this case to no earlier than (NET) Saturday, Nov. 6, the agency announced late today. Liftoff had
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Despite the launch weather outlook being upgraded to 90% GO for the planned Oct. 31 Halloween liftoff of the multinational quartet of NASA ESA SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts from America and Germany from Florida, barely two hour later NASA officials announced a middle of the night postponement Saturday, Oct. 30, because of
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Just past midnight this morning Oct. 28, SpaceX engineers completed a brief engine test of the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the maiden mission of the company’s Crew Dragon Endurance capsule and the multinational quartet of Crew-3 astronauts from America and Germany from Florida’s Spaceport to the International Space Station (ISS) on Halloween. But even
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- In what could be a last ditch rescue effort the NASA/German InSight Lander science team is working to ‘Save the Mole’ with a little help from a friend – namely by giving the deep drilling robotic mole a ‘Martian push’ using the robot’s arm. For nearly a year the German-built Martian mole designed