May 19, 2022 RELEASE 22-046*Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA* oft-2_launch_image.jpg A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 launched at 6:54 p.m. ...Continue Reading

April 14, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-051*NASA Invites Media to Cover Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 Mission* march12oft2_r07122jjg001_sr_oft2_cm_sm_matehighres.jpg A new service module was mated to a Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew module to form a complete spacecraft on March 12, 2022, in Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for Boeing’s second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for NA ...Continue Reading

April 08, 2022 RELEASE 22-033*Axiom Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station* ax-1.jpg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...Continue Reading

March 31, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-036*Coverage Set for Axiom Mission 1 Briefings, Events, Broadcast* 51712323479_fca7ad570d_k.jpg The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. */Credits: NASA/* NASA and Axiom Space will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private as ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2022 RELEASE M022-02*Statement from NASA’s Janet Petro on Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request* 2022 State of NASA address President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal supports NASA’s upcoming return to the Moon as well as many other endeavors dedicated to exploring the unknown, innovating for the benefit of humanity, and inspiring the world through discovery. */Credits: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/* “Sixty years ago, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was established to meet the challenge of landing a human o ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-041*NASA to Provide Updates, Coverage for Final Test Ahead of Moon Mission* ksc-20220321-ph-jbs01_0043_medium.jpeg The sunrise casts a warm glow around the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 21, 2022. The SLS and Orion atop the mobile launcher were transported to the pad on crawler-transporter 2 for a prelaunch test called a wet dress rehearsal. Artemis I will be the first integrated test ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-033*Coverage, Activities Set for First Rollout of NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket*  Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work platforms are being retracted from around the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation to roll out for testing. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, March 14 to discuss the upcoming debut of the agency’s Mega Moon rocket and integrated spacecraft for ...Continue Reading

February 22, 2022 *NASA Kennedy’s Control Center Named for Apollo-Era Launch Director* Launch Control Center Renaming Ceremony Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro speaks during a ceremony renaming the Florida spaceport’s launch control center to the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center on Feb. 22, 2022. Petrone was instrumental in America’s first voyages to the Moon and headed the Apollo program. He died in 2006 at the age of 80. */Credits: NASA/Glenn Benson/* By Jim Cawley NASA's Kennedy Space C ...Continue Reading

February 03, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-020*NASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission* crew-4.jpg NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts participate in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 mission specialist Jessica Watkins, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert Hines, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Crew-4 mission specialist Samantha Cristoforett ...Continue Reading

January 18, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-010*NASA Invites Media to Launch of New Mega-Moon Rocket and Spacecraft* ksc-20190628-ph_fwm01_0106_large_1.jpg An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA ...Continue Reading