News Archive / Author: Theresa Cross

Theresa Cross grew up on the Space Coast. It’s only natural that she would develop a passion for anything “Space” and its exploration. During these formative years, she also discovered that she possessed a talent and love for defining the unique quirks and intricacies that exist in mankind, nature, and machines. Hailing from a family of photographers—including her father and her son, Theresa herself started documenting her world through pictures at a very early age. As an adult, she now exhibits an innate photographic ability to combine what appeals to her heart and her love of technology to deliver a diversified approach to her work and artistic presentations. Theresa has a background in water chemistry, fluid dynamics, and industrial utility.

Articles By Theresa Cross

• Jeff Bezos touches space on 1st crewed flight of New Shepard

  July 20th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its first crewed New Shepard mission on a suborbital trajectory into space with billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three others.

• Starliner attached to Atlas 5 rocket in advance of OFT-2 mission

  July 18th, 2021

  Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the upcoming second Orbital Flight Test was transported and attached to its Atlas 5 carrier rocket for launch.

• ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ arrives in Port Canaveral

  July 18th, 2021

  On July 15, SpaceX’s newest drone ship, “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” made its way into Port Canaveral on Florida’s Space Coast.

• Lunar Gateway habitation module contract finalized

  July 16th, 2021

  NASA and Northrop Grumman have finalized a contract for the living quarters of the Moon-orbiting Lunar Gateway for the Artemis program, the Habitation and Logistics Outpost.

• Wally Funk of the ‘Mercury 13’ to finally fly into space next week

  July 13th, 2021

  On July 1, 2021, Blue Origin announced that Wally Funk, a member of the “Mercury 13," would fly into space atop the company’s suborbital New Shepard rocket.

• ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ added to SpaceX’s rocket recovery fleet

  July 12th, 2021

  SpaceX is adding a third autonomous spaceport drone ship to its fleet. "A Shortfall of Gravitas" has left Port Fourchon, Louisiana, to begin sea trials before heading to the Space Coast.

• Richard Branson rides Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo into space

  July 11th, 2021

  Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft took its first full crew, which included the company's billionaire founder Richard Branson, on a brief foray into space.

• Former Shuttle Landing Facility to get new ‘utility corridor’

  July 10th, 2021

  Construction on a new "utility corridor" has begun at the former Shuttle Landing Facility, now known as the Launch and Landing Facility, which is run by Space Florida.

• SpaceX launches Transporter-2 Falcon 9 rideshare mission

  June 30th, 2021

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-2, the second dedicated rideshare mission for the company, into a polar orbit from Florida.

• NASA continues to troubleshoot Hubble payload computer issue

  June 24th, 2021

  On June 13, the Hubble Space Telescope’s payload computer stopped working. Its purpose is to maintain, control, monitor and track the science instruments.

• SpaceX launches GPS III SV05 satellite into space

  June 17th, 2021

  SpaceX sent the GPS III SV05 satellite into space for the U.S. military atop a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster, a first for a national security payload.

• Next CST-100 Starliner test set for the end of July

  June 13th, 2021

  Boeing and NASA recently announced a date for the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

• DOGE-1 CubeSat to fly to the Moon atop a Falcon 9 rocket

  June 10th, 2021

  Last month, Geometric Energy Corporation announced the first mission to the Moon paid entirely with the Dogecoin cryptocurrency — DOGE-1.

• Jeff Bezos to fly to space on 1st crewed New Shepard flight

  June 7th, 2021

  Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is going to space, along with his brother Mark Bezos, on the first crewed flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital rocket.

• SXM-8 satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

  June 6th, 2021

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched SiriusXM's SXM-8 satellite into orbit at 12:26 a.m. EDT (4:26 UTC) June 6, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.