March 18, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-041 *NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to First Crew Launch to Station from America Since 2011* NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken familiarize themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the spacecraft that will transport them to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Their upcoming flight test is known as Demo-2, short for Demonstration Mission 2. The Crew Dragon will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ...Continue Reading

December 18, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-029 *NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Environmental Satellite Mission* NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) mission, which will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans and environment, real-time mapping of total lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather. The ...Continue Reading

December 18, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-26 *Kennedy Space Center Traffic and Road Closures for Upcoming Launch Activities* There will be heavy traffic on and around Kennedy Space Center on Friday, Dec. 20, for the Boeing OFT Starliner launch. */Credits: Boeing/* Expect heavy traffic on and around Kennedy Space Center on Friday, December 20, 2019, due to the upcoming United Launch Alliance launch of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch is scheduled ...Continue Reading

December 11, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-24*NASA Invites Media to View the Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Before February Launch* At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft was removed from its shipping container on Nov. 15, 2019. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett/* Media are invited to view the Solar Orbiter spacecraft Monday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. EST at the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Media will have an opportunity to photograph Sol ...Continue Reading

December 10, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-138*NASA, Boeing to Hold Media Teleconference on Orbital Flight Test Mission* A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped by the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, stand on Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 4, 2019. The vehicle was in place on the launch pad for Boeing's wet dress rehearsal ahead of the upcoming Orbital Flight Test, an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. */Cre ...Continue Reading

December 05, 2019 RELEASE 19-092 *SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo* SpaceX launches its 19th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station at 12:29 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. */Credits: NASA TV/* A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m. EST Wednesday. Dragon will deliver more than 5,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigatio ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-23 *Kennedy Space Center Traffic and Road Closures for Upcoming Launch Activities* Expect heavy traffic on and around Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, due to the upcoming launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch window is between 12:45 p.m. and 12:55 p.m. EDT. PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD CLOSURES Starting Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, Kennedy Space Center Security Police will be enforcing restricted ...Continue Reading

November 27, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-22 *NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Dragon spacecraft will deliver about 5,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardwa ...Continue Reading

November 26, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-133 *NASA Invites Media to SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test for Commercial Crew* The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that will be used for the company’s in-flight abort test arrives Oct. 1, 2019, at SpaceX’s hangar at Launch Complex 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test will demonstrate the spacecraft and launch system’s ability to abort in the unlikely case of an emergency after liftoff. It's an important step before NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are tr ...Continue Reading

November 08, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-21 *NASA Invites Public Comment on Mars 2020 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement* NASA will hold three public meetings to solicit comments on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the agency's Mars 2020 mission. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has opened the public comment period for the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the agency’s Mars 2020 mission. The rover is targeted to launch from Florida in July 2020 on an expendabl ...Continue Reading