Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Plant Biology

Science & Research

NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study

Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests ‘Outredgeous’ romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat ground unit on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Posted May 1, 2025

Artemis

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon

Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 29, 2025, to correct the amount of data collected during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission. NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon.

Posted April 29, 2025

Earth's Moon

Game Changing Development Program

Moons

NASA Directorates

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops

A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NASA and commercial company Magna Petra Corp.

Posted April 28, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Artemis

Game Changing Development Program

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Science Mission Directorate

Five Facts About NASA’s Moon Bound Technology

NASA is sending revolutionary technologies to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ second lunar delivery as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.  As part of this CLPS flight to the Moon, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will te

Posted February 25, 2025

Grants & Opportunities

NASA’s Kennedy Marks New Chapter for Florida Space Industry

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

Artemis

Electrodynamic Dust Shield Heading to Moon on Firefly Lander

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

Artemis

Artemis 2

Artemis 3

Artemis 4

Carruthers Geocorona Observatory (GLIDE)

EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)

Commercial Resupply

Commercial Space

Commercial Space Programs

CubeSat Launch Initiative

Exploration Ground Systems

Gateway Space Station

IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)

Launch Services Program

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite

Sentinel-6B

Space Launch System (SLS)

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

Sustainability at Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Looks to Thrive in 2025

As NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a look to 2025 shows the missions, partnerships, projects, and programs at the agency’s main launch site will continue innovating, inspiring, and pushing the boundaries of exploration f

Posted December 18, 2024

Sustainability at Kennedy Space Center

NASA Kennedy’s Applied Chemistry Lab Achieves Agency First

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has a long record of achievements in sustainability and recently added another to the list when the spaceport’s Applied Chemistry Lab became the first in the agency to be certified for its environmentally conscious practices.

Posted November 8, 2024