Kennedy Space Center

They’re known as “living fossils”. For over 450 million years, horseshoe crabs have been an ecologically vital part of our planet. They’re one of the few surviving species on Earth dating back to the dinosaurs. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is one of more than 1,500 types […]

Posted April 22, 2025

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Resupply

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station Mission

Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying approximately 6,700 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, lifted off at 4:15 a.m.

Posted April 21, 2025

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Scrub Jay at the Vehicle Assembly Building

A scrub jay perches on a branch near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2020. Kennedy shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is home to more than 65 amphibian and reptile, 25 mammal, 117 fish, and 330 bird species. At the time this […]

Posted April 17, 2025

Kennedy Space Center

Commercial Resupply

Get Involved

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

Virtual Guest Program

NASA Invites Virtual Guests to Launch of SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, April 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for […]

Posted April 16, 2025

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Game Changing Development Program

Kennedy Space Center

Lunar Surface Technology Research

Missions

Moons

NASA Directorates

Science & Research

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon

NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.

Posted March 27, 2025

Artemis 2

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Headquarters

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Artemis Moon Mission Recovery

NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon. The in-person event will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31, at Naval Base […]

Posted March 25, 2025

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Resupply

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 32nd Resupply Launch to Space Station

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.

Posted March 24, 2025

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Making Ripples

A dolphin swims through the water in the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 6, 2007. The turn basin was carved out of the Banana River when NASA Kennedy was built. Dolphins are a frequent sight in the rivers around Kennedy, which shares a boundary with […]

Posted March 21, 2025

Artemis 2

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

Victor J. Glover

NASA’s Artemis II Orion Service Module Buttoned Up for Launch

Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Orion’s spacecraft. The operation completed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted March 21, 2025

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New Bridge Ready to Serve NASA, America’s Space Interests

The high-rise bridge that serves as the primary access point for employees and visitors to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is fully operational. In the late hours of March 18, 2025, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) opened the westbound portion of the NASA Causeway Bridge, which spans the Indian River Lagoon and connects […]

Posted March 19, 2025