August 30, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY 014-18*Mobile Launcher Progresses to First Flight of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration System* A swing test of the Orion crew access arm, top right, begins on the mobile launcher at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Aug. 21, 2018. The crew access arm is located at about the 274-foot level on the mobile launcher tower. It will rotate from its retracted position and interface with the Orion crew hatch location to provide entry to the Orion crew modu ...Continue Reading

  August 12, 2018 RELEASE 18-072*NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun *  The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first-ever mission into a part of the Sun’s atmosphere called the corona. Here it will directly explore solar processes that are key to u ...Continue Reading

  August 07, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-112*NASA Invites Media to View Launch of ICESat-2 from West Coast* The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice, one laser pulse at a time, 10,000 laser pulses per second. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15, with a 40-minute window opening at 8:46 a.m. EDT ( ...Continue Reading

  August 06, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-103*Parker Solar Probe Briefings and Events* Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben *//* NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a historic mission that will revolutionize our understanding of the Sun, is scheduled to launch on Saturday, Aug. 11. The first launch opportunity is at 3:33 a.m. EDT, at the opening of a 65-minute window. The spacecraft will launch on a United Launch ...Continue Reading

  August 06, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY 013-18*NASA Administrator Bridenstine visits Kennedy Space Center* Aerial view of the Launch Complex 39 area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make his first official visit as NASA Administrator to the spaceport, on Monday, August 6, and Tuesday, August 7, 2018. */Credits: NASA/* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make his first official visit as NASA Administrator to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...Continue Reading

  July 05, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-105*NASA Invites Media to Visit with Spacecraft That Will “Touch” Sun* In the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, technicians and engineers perform light bar testing on NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft will launch on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier tha ...Continue Reading

  July 02, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-103*NASA Invites Media to View Launch of Mission to “Touch” Sun* Artist’s concept of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft will fly through the Sun’s corona to trace how energy and heat move through the star’s atmosphere. */Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/* Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a historic mission that will revolutio ...Continue Reading

  June 29, 2018 RELEASE 18-059*New NASA Research, Hardware Heading to Space Station on 15th SpaceX Resupply Mission* SpaceX launches its Dragon cargo craft on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 5:42 a.m. EDT June 29, 2018. The early-morning launch is the company's 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. */Credits: NASA TV/*  About nine minu ...Continue Reading

  June 20, 2018 RELEASE 011-18*NASA’s Janet Petro Selected for Induction to Florida Women’s Hall of Fame* Janet Petro, deputy director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA *//* Florida Governor Rick Scott selected Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro as one of three inductees for the 2018 Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. The Florida Commission on the Status of Women recommended Petro among ten other nominees. The Commission select ...Continue Reading

  May 31, 2018 RELEASE 011-18*NASA Issues Notice for Kennedy Space Center Land Use* An aerial view of NASA's Kennedy Space Center includes the Vehicle Assembly Building and surrounding areas. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida released a notice of availability (NOA) for undeveloped land to support activities in launch operations, assembly, testing and processing, renewable energy, research and development, support services, and vertical launch ...Continue Reading