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

November 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-20 *NASA's Kennedy Space Center Invites Media to Sierra Nevada Corporation Media Event* A test model of the cargo logistics module for Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser, the company's reusable spaceplane, is photographed in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: Kim Shiflett /* Media are invited to a tour and briefing with Steve Lindsey, former NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander, Sierra Nevada Corporat ...Continue Reading

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