Home Sweet Home
After nearly a one year, unscheduled, stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), two Boeing Starliner astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, have returned to planet earth.The rescue mission,…
Virgin Goes All In On Delta
On June 8, 2024, while hugging the belly of mother ship VMS Eve, VSS Unity, began its final flight, ushering in a new generation of Virgin Galactic spacecraft, Delta-class. In…
Repeated Failures Plaque Boeing’s Space Ambitions
It's a Complicated Business In an effort to compete with SpaceX for a share of the commercial space transportation business, Boeing has been developing their own system to transport crew…
The Power of Angel Numbers
It seems almost everyone can relate an experience where they swear that "someone must have been looking out for me" after a near miss, or a catastrophe had been averted.…
Preparing for Takeoff
A Very Special Physical Exam Hello again world, it’s Ken “Rocket Man” Baxter coming to you again aboard the Liberty in beautiful, southern California! I just finished a thorough physical…
Virgin Galactic pre-flight operations
Virgin Galactic Continues To Break Down Barriers In Space Travel And Scientific Research
Excited to meet the Crew of the Virgin Galactic 02 Flight! Hello again, Ken Baxter coming to you again from sunny Las Vegas, Nevada with some big news.In a time…
Training in the simulator
My Turn
The time has arrived! Hello again, it's Ken Baxter, Rocketman, coming to you from sunny Las Vegas, NV and welcome to my story.Nearly 20 years have past since that day…
Ready to go
Reservation #1
the words I've been waiting to hear! Hello, it's Ken Baxter from sunny Las Vegas and welcome to my blog. All I can say is that it has been an…
Branson Soars to Space
SIR RICHARD BRANSON ACHIEVES HIS DREAM Hello world, Ken Baxter here with big news! Today, history was made in the middle of the New Mexico desert when the visionary with…
Reaching For the Stars!
Sir Richard Branson Jumps Ahead of Jeff Bezos in First to Space Race Hello again, it’s Rocketman, Ken Baxter from sunny, Las Vegas, NV and welcome to my blog. I've got…