November 04, 2019 RELEASE 19-088 *Boeing’s Starliner Completes Pad Abort Test for Commercial Crew* Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s four launch abort engines and several orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters ignite in the company’s Pad Abort Test, pushing the spacecraft away from the test stand with a combined 160,000 pounds of thrust, from Launch Complex 32 on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. */Credits: NASA/* Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed a critical safety milestone on Monday ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-125 *NASA TV to Air Boeing Starliner Pad Abort Test* Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and its service module sit atop the test stand at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico ahead of the company’s Pad Abort Test. The test is scheduled for Nov. 4, 2019, and will demonstrate the spacecraft’s ability to quickly escape the launch pad in the event of an emergency on launch day. */Credits: Boeing/* NASA and Boeing will broadcast live coverage of the CST-100 Starliner Pad Abor ...Continue Reading

November 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-19 *Kennedy Space Center to be Recognized by Military Order of the Purple Heart* *//* Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov.7, where the spaceport will receive the national honor of being named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. The Military Order of the Purple Heart will present Kennedy Space Center with a proclamation and plaque honoring the multi-user spaceport. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation. Ke ...Continue Reading

October 24, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-116*NASA Invites Media to Boeing Orbital Flight Test Launch for Commercial Crew* This illustration shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. The spacecraft is being prepared for Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station Dec. 17, 2019, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. */Credits: Boeing/* Media accreditation is open for ...Continue Reading

October 22, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-117*NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Space Station Cargo Launch* 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 mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Tony Gray & Kenny Allen/* Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of science investigations, ...Continue Reading

October 21, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-115*NASA Invites Media to Boeing Starliner Transport to Launch Site* The crew module of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted onto its service module on Oct. 16 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the company’s Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. */Credits: Boeing/* Media accreditation is open for two-days of activities in mid-November ...Continue Reading

  October 11, 2019 RELEASE 19-082*NASA Spacecraft Launches on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space * Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 aircraft, Stargazer, prepares for takeoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. Attached beneath the aircraft is the company’s Pegasus XL rocket, carrying NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON). */Credits: NASA/* After successfully launching Thursday night, NASA’s Ionospheric Connecti ...Continue Reading

  October 10, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-18*Space Launch System’s Core Stage Pathfinder Practice at Kennedy* Media are invited to Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 17 to view the movement of the core stage pathfinder of the Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* On Thursday, Oct. 17, media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to view the movement of the core stage pathfinder of the Space Launch System roc ...Continue Reading

  October 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-17 *Space Launch System’s Sound Suppression System Final Test at Kennedy* A wet flow test at Launch Pad 39B on September 13, 2019, tests the sound suppression system that will be used for launch of NASA’s Space Launch System for the Artemis I mission. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* On Saturday, Oct. 12, media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to view the final water flow test in a series of sound suppress ...Continue Reading

  October 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-103 *NASA to Broadcast Launch of Mission to Study the Frontier of Space* NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is attached to the Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket inside Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 10, 2019. */Credits: NASA/Randy Beaudoin /* NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is scheduled to be air-launched over the Atlantic Ocean at 9:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 9, by Northrop Grumma ...Continue Reading