Launch Services Program

Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Growing up on the central California coast, watching rocket launches with his father was part of Eric Fernandez’s childhood routine. Fernandez had posters of rockets on the wall, but despite being fascinated by them, he never imagined one day this would be his career. Because both of his grandparents had served at Vandenberg Air Force […]
Posted June 26, 2026
Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor - 2 (TSIS-2)
CubeSat Launch Initiative
CubeSats
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Small Satellite Missions
Space Operations Mission Directorate
The Sun
NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) missions. The two selections are part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.
Posted June 25, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Rohit Goeptar was born into a poor family in Suriname, South America, the kind where both parents work three jobs and they still can only provide food and shelter for their family. At around age six, his family moved to California to start a new life. Only two years later, he moved back to South America […]
Posted June 18, 2026
People of NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Leadership
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Headquarters
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA announced Friday that Brian Hughes will return to the agency as senior director of launch operations, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Hughes will provide enterprise-level leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for NASA’s launch infrastructure.
Posted May 8, 2026
Dark Energy
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Technicians at NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida offloaded eight high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) wall modules and other ground support equipment on April 27. The equipment will support launch processing of the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Posted May 1, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Preparations are underway for launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as early September on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted April 23, 2026
Commercial Resupply
CubeSat Launch Initiative
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
Experiments and supplies bound for the International Space Station launched on April 11 as part of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission.
Posted April 15, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
NASA has selected Jennifer Lyons as acting program manager for the agency’s Launch Services Program (LSP) based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Lyons will lead NASA’s acquisition and management of domestic commercial launch services for science and robotic exploration missions beginning Wednesday, April 1.
Posted March 25, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Commercial Crew
Commercial Resupply
Exploration Ground Systems
International Space Station (ISS)
Launch Services Program
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent 2025 preparing the launch vehicle and its powerhouse SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to launch four astronauts around the Moon for Artemis II in early 2026.
Posted December 22, 2025
EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)
Heliophysics
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency prepare for future human exploration of Mars. NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched at 3:55 p.m.
Posted November 14, 2025
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