Kennedy Space Center

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

Kennedy Space Center

Low-Earth Orbit Economy

Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

Posted January 23, 2024

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

NASA Headquarters

NASA Invites Media to First Intuitive Machines, SpaceX Moon Launch

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, media accreditation is open for Intuitive Machines’ first robotic flight to the Moon’s surface. The robotic deliveries will transport agency science and technology demonstrations to the Moon for the benefit of all.

Posted January 22, 2024

Launch Services Program

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

NASA, DOD Seek Universities to Develop CubeSats for Launch

NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S.

Posted January 16, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Crew

Humans in Space

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Socials Program

Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of the eighth SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry crew to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The targeted launch date for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is […]

Posted January 5, 2024

Armstrong Test Facility (Plum Brook)

Artemis

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis I Spacecraft Prepped to Depart to Ohio Facility

From Florida to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion spacecraft is still making moves.

Posted January 5, 2024

Earth's Moon

Jupiter

Kennedy Space Center

Stephen G. Bowen

Venus

Warren Hoburg

Crescent Moon Over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

The crescent moon, along with Jupiter (top right of Moon) and Venus (below Moon) appeared over the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 22, 2023, as preparations continued for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission.

Posted January 2, 2024