Category: Kennedy Space Center

Final ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket Launch Set March 28 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

On Thursday, March 28, a ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This will be the 16th and final launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket. […]

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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: JoAnn Morgan First Female Senior Executive at NASA, Career Spanned More Than 45 Years

As the Apollo 11 mission lifted off on the Saturn V rocket, propelling humanity to the surface of the Moon for the very first time, members of the launch firing team inside Launch Control Center watched through a window. […]

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Registration Open for College and Career Readiness Event at Kennedy Space Center Set for Mar. 15

The College and Career Readiness Event at the Center for Space Education hosts high school students at Kennedy Space Center to attend an aerospace and technology-focused conference. […]

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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Crew-8 Rocket Launch Set for Tonight at 11:16 p.m. from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 2 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s eighth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-8) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

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NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Launches Successfully to Moon from Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:05 a.m. EST on February 15. […]

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NASA Prepares for Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission, Launch Set from KSC Feb. 14 Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

As part of NASA’s CLPS initiative and Artemis campaign, SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 12:57 a.m. on Wednesday, February 14, for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander to the Moon’s surface. […]

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NASA Prepares for ‘PACE’ Mission Launch Feb. 6 Aboard SpaceX Rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission is targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 6, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]

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PHOTO GALLERY: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches Experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Thursday Night from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 7:00 p.m. ET. […]

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WATCH: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches Experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Thursday Night from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 7:00 p.m. ET. […]

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket to Launch Experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on Thursday, December 28 from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 7:00 p.m. ET. […]

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UPDATE: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Targeted for December 28 from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four-hour launch window opens at 7:00 p.m. ET. […]

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Artemis II Booster Surges Ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians process the right forward center segment of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Nov. 28, 2023. […]

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NASA Selects Three Brevard Companies for Ground Support Equipment Fabrication at Kennedy Space Center

NASA has selected central Brevard firms Engraver Metal Fabricators Inc. of Merritt Island, J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge and Precision Fabricating and Cleaning Co. Inc. of Cocoa for a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to fabricate ground support equipment at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

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WATCH: The Astronauts Memorial Foundation Inaugural Space Luncheon Series is Big Success

Recently, I attended The Astronauts Memorial Foundation Inaugural Space Luncheon Series -1 (SLS-1) at The Center for Space Education located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.  Kennedy Space Center Chief of Staff, Trey Carlson, was the Keynote Speaker. I spoke with multiple individuals after the program, and they were all in agreement that it was a resounding success! […]

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NASA Launches SpaceX Cargo Resupply Mission to ISS from the Kennedy Space Center

Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 29th commercial resupply mission, scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves, are on their way to the International Space Station. […]

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Director of Kennedy Space Center Janet Petro Keynotes MOAACC’s October Lunch

The October MOAACC luncheon guest speaker was Janet Petro, the Director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Petro began her professional career as a commissioned officer in the US Army after graduating in 1981 from the US Military Academy at West Point, New York with a BS degree in engineering. […]

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