Artemis Orion “We Are Going” – The journey to the moon has begun!
Jim Francisco is correct proudly signing the Artemis Orion "We Are Going" banner in the center with a gold sharpie! Silver signatures are those who worked on the Lockheed Martin crew module and the European Space Agency service module while it was at the Neil Armstrong O&C building since 2016. Black sharpie signatures are NASA Read More
NASA Artemis 1 Orion capsule
An inspiring day today working with NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik, Scott Wilson KSC Orion Production Manager, Jules Schneider KSC Lockheed Martin director and Jeremy Parsons KSC Deputy EGS Program Manager and other representatives regarding the solid rocket booster stacking operation for the SLS Artemis mission inside the VAB building and then the Lockheed Martin NASA Read More
SpaceX launched NROL-108 on Saturday, December 19th 2020 review and photos
SpaceX launched their 26th mission for the year a record for the company at 9:00 AM EST or 14:00 UTC from LC-39A Cape Canaveral Florida with the NROL-108 mission a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office the Department of Defense. This is the very first time the NRO has used a previously flown rocket Read More
ULA NROL-44 mission launch – Night turns into day!
ULA United Launch Alliance successfully launched the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office at 8:09 PM EST from launch complex 37 Cape Canaveral Florida on 12-10-2020. At the edge of space this Delta Heavy rocket jettisoned the tri sector aluminum fairing protecting the NRO listening spy satellite during ascent through the atmosphere and was Read More
ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
…targeted for Thursday, December 10, pending range availability. The launch time is 6:15 p.m. EST. photo previous launch from Scott Schilke spacenews.lu, space-news.es Today’s forecast shows a 90 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. To view the mission overview and gallery, please click here. Launch Forecast Summary: Overall probability of violating weather constraints: Read More
NASA SpaceX CRS-21 launch to the ISS – more photos
More photos from NASA SpaceX CRS-21 launch to the ISS on December 6th, 2020 by Scott Schilke spacenews.lu , space-news.es Read More
NASA SpaceX CRS-21 commercial cargo resupply mission to the ISS
NASA SpaceX CRS-21 commercial cargo resupply mission to the ISS will attempt to launch on Saturday 12-5-2020 at 11:39 AM EST or 8:39 AM PST or 16:39 UTC from launch complex 39A Cape Canaveral Florida. This will be the first mission for the upgraded cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft and SpaceX first flight under the new Read More
Two future milestones await SpaceX tonight!
SpaceX will attempt to launch Starlink 15 at 9:13 PM EST or 02:13 UTC on November 24th from launch complex 40 Cape Canaveral Florida. The company has had to delay this launch attempt twice now on November 22nd for a presumed GSE ground support equipment issue and on November 23rd for poor weather and high Read More
NASA & SpaceX launch Dragon 2 Crew-1
At 7:27 PM EST or 00:27 UTC NASA and SpaceX launched the Dragon 2 capsule named Resilience from Cape Kennedy into a successful orbit heading to the ISS later on Monday with three NASA astronauts and one Japanese JAXA astronaut on Sunday 11-15-20. The Schedule was: 3:27 PM Crew suit-up4:05 PM Crew Walk Out4:32 PM Read More
First look SpaceX GPSIII SV04 photos Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral
In a tough week for three American launch providers (ULA, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX) will this SpaceX GPSIIISV04 for the United States Space Force finally break the string of delays, scrubs and aborts and liftoff from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida during a 15 minute launch window from 9:43 PM EDT or 1:43 UTC Read More