May 23rd 2019 PST
May 23, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-040*NASA Invites Media to Orion Abort Test Before Moon Missions with Crew* On May 22, 2019, engineers move a test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test from the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 46 at neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for its launch this summer. The 21.5 mile trek began around 6 p.m. EDT and finished at 3:18 a.m. May 23, 2019. The team w ...Continue Reading
May 7th 2019 PST
May 07, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-06*NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Hosts an ‘Apollo — Then and Now’ Media Day* Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building is one stop as part of an 'Apollo — Then and Now' Media Day event to be held at the Florida spaceport on May 23, 2019. */Credits: Photo credit: NASA/Bill White/* Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, May 23, to hear about the historical significance of different areas around the spaceport and what the future holds for t ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2019 PST
May 04, 2019 RELEASE 19-035*SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo* *//* After launching at 2:48 a.m. EDT Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with approximately 5,500 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations that include research into Earth’s carbon cycle and the formation of asteroids and comets. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida an ...Continue Reading
April 24th 2019 PST
April 24, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-05*NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities* A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on December 5, 2018 at 1:16 p.m. EST, carrying the 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 4:22 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 30, for the launch of its n ...Continue Reading
April 11th 2019 PST
April 11, 2019 RELEASE C19-009*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Asteroid Redirect Test Mission* NASA has selected SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed – a technique known as a kinetic impactor. The total cost for NASA to launch DART is approximately $69 million, which includes the launch servic ...Continue Reading
April 3rd 2019 PST
April 03, 2019 RELEASE M019-04*Four Honored and Added to The Chroniclers at Kennedy Space Center* Brass plaques engraved with the names of "The Chroniclers" create a roll of honor on the wall at the NASA News Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett/* Four career media members are being recognized by the Kennedy Space Center and their media industry peers by being added to “The Chroniclers,” a list of retired journalists, broadcasters, authors and public relations rep ...Continue Reading
April 1st 2019 PST
April 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-03*Kennedy Space Center Traffic and Road Closures for Launch Activities* */Credits: NASA image/* Heavy traffic on and around the Kennedy Space Center and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is expected April 7 due to center activities surrounding the upcoming launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned to take place between 6:36 p.m. and 8:35 p.m EDT. _PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD CLOSURES:_ Starting Su ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2019 PST
March 15, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-018*NASA Invites Media to 17th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station* The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 1:16 p.m. EST, Dec. 5, 2018. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett/* Media accreditation now is open for the next SpaceX delivery of supplies, equipment and science investigations to the _Internationa ...Continue Reading
March 12th 2019 PST
March 12, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-02*NASA Kennedy Space Center Seeks Media Nominations for 2019 “Chroniclers”* Craig Covault, left, and George Diller were honored as “Chroniclers” during an event at Kennedy Space Center’s NASA News Center on Friday, May 4, 2018. The longtime friends combined for more than 80 years of U.S. space exploration news reporting. “Chroniclers” recognizes retirees of the news and communications business who helped spread news of American space exploration from Kennedy for 10 years or mo ...Continue Reading
March 8th 2019 PST
March 08, 2019 RELEASE 19-016*SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight Test* Completing an end-to-end uncrewed flight test, Demo-1, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon departed the International Space Station at 2:32 a.m. EST Friday, March 8, 2019, and splashed down at 8:45 a.m. in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 nautical miles off the Florida coast. */Credits: NASA Television/* NASA passed a major milestone Friday in its goal to restore America’s human spaceflight capability when Space ...Continue Reading
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