NASA Receives Positive Audit Opinion From External Auditors
NASA has received a “clean” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2023 financial statements.
SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites Monday Evening
SpaceX continued their torrid pace of Falcon 9 launches from Florida Monday evening when the company lofted another twenty-three Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
How To Take A “Streak Shot” Of A Night Launch in Florida
If you are visiting Florida and want to create a great launch photograph but the launch is at night, take a look at this relatively simple technique that will yield some great results: a launch streak shot.
Launch streaks are not difficult for nearly any photographer to create, and it doesn’t take any specialized equipment other than a wide-angle lens and a relatively inexpensive shutter release cable used to keep the shutter of your camera open for several minutes during the flight of the rocket. Just follow a basic procedure and you too can create a memorable photo that will be one that you keep for years.
SpaceX Launches Starlink Group 6-24
(Cape Canaveral, Florida) SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 late in the evening on October 21st aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch was the 150th SpaceX launch from SLC-40,…
SpaceX Launches Starlink 6-12
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida September 3) SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:47 p.m. EDT on September 3, 2023. This mission carried another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit, and it was a record-breaking 62nd orbital launch of the year for SpaceX, breaking last year’s record of 61 launches. As of this date, there have been 46 launches from Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center this year, with all but two coming from SpaceX.
Video: Crew-7 Walkout, August 26, 2023
In the leadup to the launch of Crew-7 in the early hours of August 26, 2023, Florida Media Now correspondents Mark Stone, T.J. Waller and Charles Boyer captured video of the Crew-7 astronauts walking out of…
SpaceX Lofts 22 More Starlink Satellites and Sets Turnaround Record
After a couple of short delays, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 last night from Cape Canaveral, Florida, lofting Starlink 6-8 — twenty-two second-generation Starlink satellites to orbit. The launch was picture-perfect, with the rocket clearly visible for several minutes after liftoff and even well past staging. Thunderstorms well off to the north and east-southeast added to the light show, with dozens of lightning strokes clearly visible but far away enough not to violate any range safety rules.
SpaceX Falcon 9, Intelsat Galaxy 37, August 3, 2023
(Cape Canaveral Florida) SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 communications satellite at 1:00 am EDT on August 3, 2023, after short delays due to weather in the area. Liftoff was scheduled initially for 12:15 am, but small rain showers on or near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s SLC-40 violated launch criteria, leading to two changes in the planned T-0 time.
NASA Sets New Launch Date For Crew-7 Mission
(Kennedy Space Center) NASA and SpaceX announced today that they are targeting Monday, August 21 at 5:23 am EDT to launch the Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The launch was initially scheduled for late July but was shifted to no earlier than August 17 in order to allow for additional launch pad processing at SpaceX’s LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX Starlink 6-6, July 23, 2023
SpaceX Starlink 6-6 finally dodged the Florida summer weather and made its way to space early in the evening of July 23, 2023. The launch was from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
