John Kraus

Falcon 9 launches the @ses_satellites ASTRA 1P mission from Florida

Liftoff of Starship Flight 4. Tough day for photography but thats the way it goes sometimes. Great to see continued progress by SpaceX with a landing burn and splashdown of the Super Heavy booster (edit - and an incredible reentry and splashdown of Starship)! The future continues to get brighter ...

Starship Flight 4 in as soon as ~7.5 hours. Photo taken just now, before the midnight road closure. I cannot believe I made it in time. Godspeed Starship!

Falcon 9 B1067-20 launches 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities a first for any Starlink launch from Florida at 10:16pm this evening. This mission also marked the fastest-ever fairing half refurbishment and reuse record at <2 weeks

Liftoff of Atlas V with Starliner for the Crew Flight Test, headed to the International Space Station with its first astronaut crew, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams!Godspeed, Butch and Suni!

Atlas V lifting off with its first astronaut crew Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams en route to send Starliner toward the International Space Station. Big day for Boeing, ULA, and NASA. Congrats to all involved!

Starliner begins its journey toward space with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, lifting off atop an Atlas V rocket at 10:52am ET this morning. I love the way the flame trench at SLC-41 can make for wild images if you place a camera in just the right spot.Congrats again to Boeing, NASA, and ULA on...

Crew walkout, Starliner Crew Flight Test attempt and scrub #2

Starliner ready for another try at its long-awaited first crewed mission. Liftoff slated for 12:25pm ET Saturday. Wishing the best of luck to ULA, NASA, and Boeing, and safe travels for Butch and Suni.

Beautiful evening for a Falcon 9 launch. This was probably the best jellyfish effect Ive seen since Inspiration4, thanks to the same booster, B1062, which made a record-breaking 21st flight during tonights launch of 23 Starlink satellites

I cannot believe my eyes! Aurora Borealis from my hometown of Satellite Beach, FLORIDA 28 latitude! Once in a lifetime geomagnetic storm! Wow, wow, wow!

SCRUB An issue with ULAs second stage on the Atlas V rocket will prevent a launch of Starliner today.Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart the Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center