Kennedy Space Center

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Lunar Science
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
A suite of NASA scientific investigations and technology demonstrations is on its way to our nearest celestial neighbor aboard a commercial spacecraft, where they will provide insights into the Moon’s environment and test technologies to support future astronauts landing safely on the lunar surface under the agency’s Artemis campaign.
Posted January 15, 2025
Robert D. Cabana
Bill Nelson
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Pamela A. Melroy
Space Shuttle
Stennis Space Center
Robert Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, received the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing his exceptional achievements and public service to the nation.
Posted January 13, 2025
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
Science Mission Directorate
Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, a space telescope that will create a 3D map of […]
Posted January 13, 2025
Kennedy Space Center
Grants & Opportunities
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
The future of research and technology at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is expanding Wednesday, as Kennedy’s center director and charter members in the Florida University Space Research Consortium signed a memorandum of understanding in research and development to assist with missions and contribute to NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approa
Posted January 9, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars, it is a significant hazard that must be mitigated. That’s why researchers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seeking innovative ways to use the Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) technology.   The […]
Posted January 8, 2025
Kennedy Space Center
President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn, and daughter Amy, along with Kennedy Space Center Director Lee Scherer, look at a scale model of the crawler that transported the total shuttle launch configuration from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad 39.
Posted December 30, 2024
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA has taken a big step forward in how engineers will assemble and stack future SLS (Space Launch System) rockets for Artemis Moon missions inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The VAB’s High Bay 2 has been outfitted with new tooling to facilitate the vertical integration of […]
Posted December 19, 2024
Artemis 2
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
In this image from Dec. 11, 2024, the 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lowered into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With the move to High Bay 2, NASA and Boeing technicians now have 360-degree access to the core stage both internally and […]
Posted December 17, 2024
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