Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 26, 2014 * NASA Marks Major Programmatic Milestone for Spaceport of the Future * NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully completing the initial design and technology development phase for the Ground Sy ...Continue Reading

Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 21, 2014 * SpaceX Launch to Space Station Reset for March 30 * SpaceX has confirmed it will target its next cargo mission launch to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for 10:50 p.m. EDT, Sunday, March 30. NASA Television launch coverage begins at 9:45 p.m. for the company ...Continue Reading

Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 21, 2014 * NASA and PaR Systems to Showcase Unique Testing Equipment * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and PaR Systems Inc., of Shoreview, Minn., will host a media event from 10 a.m. to noon EDT, Wednesday, April 2, at the Hangar N facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  The event will ...Continue Reading

Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 18, 2014 * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Solar Orbiter Mission * NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Solar Orbiter Collaboration mission to study the sun in July 2017. The Solar Orbiter will launch on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Cana ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M12-14 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana Presents Memento to Six-Year-Old Connor Johnson * Dreams do come true. Six-year old Connor Johnson of Denver, Colo., will have the opportunity to meet with astronauts and see space vehicles while at Kennedy Space Center this weekend. NASA Kennedy Director Bob Cabana will present a memento to inspire the youngster at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 11 a.m. EDT on Saturda ...Continue Reading

March 13, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-047 * * NASA Associate Administrator to Highlight Rocket for Orion's Flight Test * NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot will address media at the facility where two booster stages for the Orion spacecraft's first trip to space are being prepared for launch. Reporters are invited to the event at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, March 17, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Launch Complex 37. The two boosters of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy r ...Continue Reading

March 13, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M11-14 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana Presents Memento to Six-Year-Old Connor Johnson * Dreams do come true. Six-year old Connor Johnson, Denver, Colo., will have the opportunity to meet with astronauts, see space vehicles and witness his first launch while at Kennedy Space Center this weekend. NASA Kennedy Director Bob Cabana will present a memento to inspire the youngster at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 11 a.m. EDT on Saturday, March 15. ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * CONTRACT RELEASE C14-005 * * NASA Awards Contract to Modify Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 3 * NASA has selected Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Orlando, Fla., to modify High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the processing of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Hensel Phelps will receive a fixed-price contract for $99.57 million, consisting of the base amount and three options.  ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M10-14 * * NASA Coverage Set for March 16 SpaceX Mission to Space Station * The next SpaceX mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo capsule, will lift off at 4:41 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:45 a.m. If for any r ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M09-14 * * NASA Kennedy Space Center Invites Media to Center Director Update * NASA is inviting media to the Kennedy Space Center Director Update at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center on Thursday, March 6, at 9 a.m. EST. More than a hundred community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders are expected to attend. Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and other senior Kennedy ...Continue Reading