March 15, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-018*NASA Invites Media to 17th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station*  The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 1:16 p.m. EST, Dec. 5, 2018. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett/* Media accreditation now is open for the next SpaceX delivery of supplies, equipment and science inv ...Continue Reading

  March 12, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-02*NASA Kennedy Space Center Seeks Media Nominations for 2019 “Chroniclers”* Craig Covault, left, and George Diller were honored as “Chroniclers” during an event at Kennedy Space Center’s NASA News Center on Friday, May 4, 2018. The longtime friends combined for more than 80 years of U.S. space exploration news reporting. “Chroniclers” recognizes retirees of the news and communications ...Continue Reading

  March 08, 2019 RELEASE 19-016*SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight Test* Completing an end-to-end uncrewed flight test, Demo-1, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon departed the International Space Station at 2:32 a.m. EST Friday, March 8, 2019, and splashed down at 8:45 a.m. in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 nautical miles off the Florida coast. */Credits: NASA Television/* NASA passed a major milestone Friday in its goal to restore America’s h ...Continue Reading

  March 05, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-011*March 11 Events Highlight NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, FY 2020 Budget* *//* NASA invites media and social media to agency centers across the country Monday, March 11, to get an up-close look at America’s work to return astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars, following the delivery of President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal to the U.S. Congress. The main event will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space C ...Continue Reading

  March 02, 2019 RELEASE 19-014*NASA, SpaceX Launch First Flight Test of Space System Designed for Crew* Crowd gathers to watch as NASA and SpaceX make history by launching the first commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA/* For the first time in his ...Continue Reading

  February 20, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-01*NASA, SpaceX Demo-1 Briefings, Events and Broadcasts* This illustratration depicts SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: SpaceX /* NASA and commercial crew provider SpaceX are targeting 2:49 a.m. EST Saturday, March 2, for the launch of the Demo-1 uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station. The uncrewed test fli ...Continue Reading

  February 20, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-01*NASA, SpaceX Demo-1 Briefings, Events and Broadcasts* This artist concept depicts SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Image Credit: SpaceX *//* NASA and commercial crew provider SpaceX are targeting 2:48 a.m. EST Saturday, March 2, for the launch of the Demo-1 uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station. The uncrewed test flights will be the fir ...Continue Reading

  December 17, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY 018-21*Kennedy Space Center Traffic and Road Closures for December Launch Activities* *//* Heavy traffic on and around the Kennedy Space Center and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is expected December 18 due to center activities surrounding the upcoming launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is planned to take place between 9:11 a.m. and 9:37 a.m. EDT. PUBLIC ACCESS R ...Continue Reading

  December 05, 2018 RELEASE 18-111*NASA Sends New Research, Hardware to Space Station on SpaceX Mission* A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launches to the International Space Station at 1:16 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2018, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft, on its 16th mission for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, carries more than 5,600 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies. */Cr ...Continue Reading

  November 30, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY 018-18*Kennedy Space Center Traffic and Road Closures for Upcoming Launch Activities* Heavy traffic on and around the Kennedy Space Center and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is expected Tuesday, Dec. 4, due to center activities surrounding the upcoming launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is planned for no earlier than 1:38 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 4. PUBLIC ACCESS ...Continue Reading