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

  May 21, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-085*NASA Invites Media to View New Mission to Study the Frontier of Space* An artist concept of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer. The spacecraft will observe colorful swaths of light called airglow to track how Earth’s weather and space weather interact. */Credits: NASA/* Media will have the opportunity June 4-5 for tours, interviews and photographs of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) as it prepares t ...Continue Reading

  May 17, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-082*NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Launch of Science to Space Station* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on April 2, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. EDT, carrying the 14th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the Inter ...Continue Reading

  May 10, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY 009-18*NASA Hosts Media Day for 2018 Robotic Mining Competition, Women in STEM Networking Forum at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex* College team members cart their remote-controlled robot miner from the robot mining arena after a competition run during NASA's 6th Annual Robotic Mining Competition, May 20, 2015, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. */Credits: Amber Watson/* News media are invited on Thursday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to noon EDT, to c ...Continue Reading