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Out-of-this-world spaceflight imagery

Welcome to my website! I photograph the coolest events off this Earth: Rocket launches.

View a selection of my best images below; click any image to display it fullscreen. View my Launch Galleries page for more photos from dozens of launches!

Prints of my photos are available to order directly on this website, and I offer digital downloads of my images via this site to my supporters on Patreon.

July 2nd, 2019: A refurbished Peacekeeper booster launches a mock-up Orion capsule from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:00 A.M. EDT. This test, named Ascent Abort 2, verified the Orion launch abort system’s ability to safely abort during a future SLS launch.
September 10th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite at 12:45 A.M. and is reflected in the waters north of Cape Canaveral.

August 8th, 2019: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:13 A.M. EDT, delivering the U.S. Air Force's AEHF-5 satellite to orbit.
April 11th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial mission, successfully delivering the Arabsat-6A satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

April 17th, 2019: A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launches a Cygnus resupply cargo mission to the International Space Station. The launch took place at Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.
April 18th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

March 1st, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket launches the GOES-S satellite on behalf of NASA and NOAA.
June 25th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches the U.S. Air Force's STP-2 mission.

A to-scale Saturn V rocket is projected onto the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. on July 16th, 2019, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
April 18th, 2017: Orbital ATK's Cygnus capsule launches to the International Space Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket.

March 15th, 2019: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket, flying in the Medium+ (5,4) configuration, launches the WGS-10 satellite for the United States Air Force.
June 25th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches the U.S. Air Force's STP-2 mission, as seen in this single long exposure image taken just 2.5 miles away from Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2.

New York-based rocket startup company Launcher test fires their E-1 engine in Long Island, New York. E-1 is a 3D-printed engine that runs on RP-1 and liquid oxygen. I had the pleasure of working with Launcher to create specialized imagery of their static fire tests in July 2018.
July 2nd, 2019: A refurbished Peacekeeper booster launches a mock-up Orion capsule from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:00 A.M. EDT. This test, named Ascent Abort 2, verified the Orion launch abort system’s ability to safely abort during a future SLS launch.

March 1st, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket launches the GOES-S satellite on behalf of NASA and NOAA.
August 26th, 2017: An Orbital ATK (now Northrup Grumman) Minotaur IV rocket launches the U.S. Air Force's ORS-5 payload at 2:04 A.M. from SLC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

August 12th, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe, humanity's first mission to "touch the sun."
January 20th/21st, 2019: The progression of the total lunar eclipse, as seen from the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen docked at Port Canaveral after a successful landing atop the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship following the Nusantara Satu mission in February 2019.

September 15th, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket launches for the final time, delivering NASA's ICESat-2 to orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

April 17th, 2019: A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launches a Cygnus resupply cargo mission to the International Space Station. The launch took place at Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.
April 11th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial mission, successfully delivering the Arabsat-6A satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

February 6th, 2018: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful active rocket, makes its debut flight from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
November 15th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen launching the Es'hail-2 satellite with the iconic Kennedy Space Center Press Site flag in the foreground.

March 18th, 2017: United Launch Alliance's Delta IV rocket launches the U.S. Air Force's WGS-9 satellite. This photo is on display two-stories-tall at ULA's headquarters facility in Centennial, Colorado.
March 6th, 2018: Falcon 9 launches Hispasat 30W-6, the 50th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket.

March 6th, 2018: Falcon 9 launches Hispasat 30W-6, the 50th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket.
April 11th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial mission, successfully delivering the Arabsat-6A satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.
October 7th, 2018: Falcon 9 first stage B1048.2 touches down at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California — the first Falcon 9 land landing on the west coast.

September 8th, 2016: NASA's asteroid sampling mission, OSIRIS-REx, launches towards the distant asteroid Bennu atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket at sunset.
June 24th, 2016: Flying in its largest configuration, with a five-meter payload fairing, five Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket boosters, and one Centaur upper-stage engine, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket launches the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite.

March 15th, 2019: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket, flying in the Medium+ (5,4) configuration, launches the WGS-10 satellite for the United States Air Force.
April 11th, 2019: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial mission, successfully delivering the Arabsat-6A satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

July 5th, 2017: SpaceX launches the Intelsat 35e satellite atop a Falcon 9 rocket during golden hour, as viewed from Playalinda Beach at the Canaveral National Seashore.

January 19th, 2018: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket soars into the starry nighttime Cape Canaveral sky with the SBIRS GEO-4 satellite on behalf of the United States Air Force.
August 6th, 2019: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the AMOS-17 satellite.

February 6th, 2018: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful active rocket, makes its debut flight from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
August 12th, 2018: United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket roars to life as excess hydrogen lingering around the launchpad ignites at the beginning of the RS-68A's startup sequence.

October 11th, 2017: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches EchoStar 105/SES-11 at sunset.
June 11th, 2016: United Launch Alliance's massive Delta IV Heavy rocket launches a top-secret satellite, designated NROL-37, on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office.

April 2nd, 2018: A "flight-proven" SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a previously-flown Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on a dramatic, cloudy Florida afternoon.
February 21st, 2019: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 1048.3 launches the Nusantara Satu mission.

July 15th, 2017: Dr. Buzz Aldrin -- the second man to walk on the moon -- waves around a jacket as it was being auctioned at his ShareSpace Foundation's Apollo 11 Anniversary Gala at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
July 15th, 2017: Dr. Buzz Aldrin -- the second man to walk on the moon -- is seen at the 2017 ShareSpace Foundation Apollo 11 Anniversary Gala at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

April 18th, 2018: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral.
January 7th, 2018: SpaceX launches the classified Zuma payload for Northrup Grumman, and lands the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket back at Cape Canaveral eight minutes after launch.

Traveling at 17,500 miles an hour, or just under five miles per second, the International Space Station transits the full moon in 0.58 seconds in this five-frame composite image taken from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
August 18th, 2017: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the NASA's TDRS-M communications satellite, as seen from Playalinda Beach.

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