Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate
Joint Agency Satellite Division
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Directorates
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Posted September 23, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
GOES-R
Kennedy Space Center
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $297.1 million.
Posted September 17, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 4
Astronauts
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Gateway Program
Gateway Space Station
General
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Immerse yourself in the future of deep space science exploration and download a 3D model of Gateway. Click, drag, and explore the exterior of the lunar space station from multiple angles. International teams of astronauts will use Gateway, humanity’s first space station to orbit the Moon, to explore the scientific mysteries of deep space.
Posted September 11, 2024
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Kennedy Space Center
NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are […]
Posted September 7, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 3
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Directorates
Space Launch System (SLS)
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA’s Artemis campaign to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept.
Posted September 5, 2024
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
Jupiter Moons
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
NASA Headquarters
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening Thursday, Oct. 10, for the agency’s Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Europa Clipper […]
Posted September 3, 2024
Missions
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Kennedy Space Center
Editor’s note: This release was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to correct Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov’s role as a mission specialist. It was updated again to correct a launch date. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept.
Posted August 30, 2024
Missions
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Kennedy Space Center
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 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
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