Kennedy Space Center

Missions

NASA is extending U.S. media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The application period for U.S. media and U.S.

Posted August 28, 2024

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis

Artemis 3

Humans in Space

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA, Boeing Optimizing Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay for Future SLS Stage Production

NASA is preparing space at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for upcoming assembly activities of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for future Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis III.

Posted August 27, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Mobility

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Drones & You

Glenn Research Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Transformational Tools Technologies

NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators

For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards.

Posted August 26, 2024

Diversity at NASA

Kennedy Space Center

People of NASA

Women at NASA

Dr. Irene Duhart Long

Dr. Irene Duhart Long was the first female and the first minority to hold the position of chief medical officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as the first African American female to serve in the Senior Executive Service at the center. These distinctions were only two of many firsts in her […]

Posted August 26, 2024

EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)

Commercial Space

Goddard Space Flight Center

Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to New Glenn Launch of Mars Mission

NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars. Blue Origin is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Oct.

Posted August 26, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Crew

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew

NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew.

Posted August 24, 2024

Space Operations Mission Directorate

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Office

Launch Services Program

NASA Headquarters

NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers

NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. The companies awarded are: The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity instrument with an ordering period through Feb.

Posted August 22, 2024

Missions

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Kennedy Space Center

Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the media event on NASA+, NASA […]

Posted August 22, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Tortoise Takes a Leisurely Stroll

A NASA photographer captured this gopher tortoise walking on the Launch Pad 39B beach road at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 4, 2014. The undeveloped property on Kennedy Space Center is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides a habitat for […]

Posted August 20, 2024

Commercial Crew

Kennedy Space Center

FAQ: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Return Status

Editor’s note: This article was updated Aug. 20, 2024, to reflect the latest information from NASA’s Office of Communications. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting laboratory on June 6 aboard the Boeing Starliner after lifting off on June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]

Posted August 20, 2024