Kennedy Space Center

A Floridian Sunset

A NASA photographer captured the sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The iconic building, completed in 1966 and currently used for assembly of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for Artemis missions, is still the only building in which rockets were assembled […]

Posted February 14, 2024

NASA Headquarters

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Feb. 8, 2024, to reflect an updated date and time for the lunar delivery readiness media teleconference. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 12:57 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive […]

Posted February 7, 2024

Virtual Guest Program

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PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of PACE Mission Launch

NASA is hosting virtual activities ahead of the launch of the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and invites you to share in the fun.

Posted February 2, 2024

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Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

Statement from NASA’s Jennifer Kunz at SpaceCom, 50th Space Congress

Jennifer Kunz, associate director technical of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, released the following statement after speaking Thursday at the SpaceCom / 50th Space Congress in Orlando, Florida.

Posted February 1, 2024

Commercial Resupply

Kennedy Space Center

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Cygnus Flies to the International Space Station

In this image from Jan. 30, 2024, an uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, starting its journey to the International Space Station. Launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Cygnus carries 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo to support dozens of research experiments.

Posted January 31, 2024

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Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Virtual Guest Program

NASA Offers Virtual Activities for Northrop Grumman’s Next Resupply Mission

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission for the agency. Mission teams are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 29, for launch of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape […]

Posted January 26, 2024

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

Artemis Teams Install Emergency Escape Baskets at NASA Kennedy

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program began installing the four emergency egress baskets at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the event of an emergency at the pad during the launch countdown, these baskets, similar to gondolas on ski lifts, […]

Posted January 26, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Honors Fallen During Day of Remembrance

Family members of fallen astronauts Kathie Scobee Fulgham, Lowell Grissom, Sheryl Chaffee, and Karen Bassett Stevenson place a wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance.

Posted January 25, 2024

NASA Headquarters

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cargo Space Station Mission

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency and its partners.

Posted January 25, 2024

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Goddard Space Flight Center

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

GOES-U

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NOAA’s GOES-U Arrives in Florida for Processing Ahead of Launch

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U), the fourth and final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, is now in Florida. The satellite landed on Tuesday, Jan.

Posted January 24, 2024