Northrop Grumman takes back-to-back Aerospace Games
by Garth Meyer A transcription error into Excel made it appear that SpaceX won the 2024 Aerospace Games July 27 but once it was corrected, final tabulations showed Northrop Grumman took its second consecutive Games, held this year at El Camino College. SpaceX finished second and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) got third. A total of […]
Starlink rockets light up South Bay skies twice in a week
by Ralph Doyle Manhattan Beach photographer John Post photographed SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets that passed over the South Bay twice in the past week. The first time, on Tuesday, June 18, the sky was clear. The second time, on Sunday evening, June 23. The rocket appeared and disappeared in the clouds. “I watched them lift […]
Pilgrimage to Starbase, next stop Planet Mars
Story and photos by John Post I became a “rocket head” growing up in the South Bay during the 1960s space race. I photographed five Space Shuttle launches from the press site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the 1990s and early 2000s. In more recent years, I’ve watched SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, do […]