July 8th 2019 PDT
July 08, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-018*NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Groundbreaking Astrophysics Mission* *//* NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, which will allow astronomers to discover, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most exotic astronomical objects in our universe. The total cost for NASA to launch IXPE is approximately $50.3 million, which includes the ...Continue Reading
July 2nd 2019 PDT
July 02, 2019 RELEASE 19-054*Successful Orion Test Brings NASA Closer to Moon, Mars Missions* Ascent Abort-2 successfully launched at 7 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida */Credits: NASA/* NASA successfully demonstrated Tuesday the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system can outrun a speeding rocket and pull astronauts to safety during an emergency during launch. The test is another milestone in the agency’s preparation for Artemis missions to the Moon that wi ...Continue Reading
June 25th 2019 PDT
June 25, 2019 *Coverage Set for NASA Test of Orion Abort System for Moon to Mars Missions* A test version of the Orion crew module for Ascent Abort-2, with its launch abort system attached, is hoisted by crane at Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in May. AA-2 is a critical safety test that helps pave the way for Artemis missions to the Moon and then Mars. */Credits: NASA/Tony Gray/* MEDIA ADVISORY: M019-08 NASA Television will broadcast launch and prelaunch activities of ...Continue Reading
June 25th 2019 PDT
June 25, 2019 RELEASE 19-049*NASA Technology Missions Launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy* A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission launches from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The satellites include four NASA technology and science payloads that will study non-toxic spacecraft fuel, deep space navigation, "bubbles" in the electrically-charged layers of Earth's upper at ...Continue Reading
June 20th 2019 PDT
June 20, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-056*Coverage Set for NASA Tech Missions Launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy * SpaceX Falcon Heavy demonstration launch on Feb. 6, 2018 */Credits: NASA/* NASA Television coverage is scheduled for an upcoming prelaunch activity and first nighttime launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which will be carrying four agency technology missions to help improve future spacecraft design and performance. The launch window for the Falcon Heavy opens at 11:30 p.m. EDT Monday, June 24, fro ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2019 PDT
June 19, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-07*NASA Invites Media to Gateway Logistics Industry Day* Artist concept of the logistics module docked to Gateway in lunar orbit. NASA will seek solicitations from American companies to deliver cargo and other supplies to the lunar outpost that will support human exploration of the Moon by 2024. */Credits: NASA/* NASA experts including Mark Weiss, Gateway logistics manager from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will be available Wednesday, June 26, to speak to me ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2019 PDT
June 19, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-058*Media Invited to Final Roll of Mobile Launcher Before Artemis 1 Moon Mission* This aerial view shows NASA's mobile launcher atop crawler-transporter 2 as it moves along the crawlerway, making its way to Launch Pad 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. */Credits: NASA/* See more image details. Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida from 6 to 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 27, to view the agency’s mobile launcher as it makes its final roll ...Continue Reading
June 4th 2019 PDT
June 04, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-051*NASA Invites Media to 18th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019. Liftoff was at 2:48 a.m. EDT, carrying the 17th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA supplies, equipment and ...Continue Reading
May 23rd 2019 PDT
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 PDT
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
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