July 14th 2015 PDT
 July 14, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M21-15*Media Invited to View New Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad 39C* An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center shows the small launch area called Pad C in the southeast corner of the perimeter. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* Media are invited to attend an event for the new Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad 39C at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, July 17. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida took another step forward in its transformation ...Continue Reading
July 9th 2015 PDT
 July 09, 2015 RELEASE 15-148*NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights * *//* NASA has selected four astronauts to train and prepare for commercial spaceflights that will return American launches to U.S. soil and further open up low-Earth orbit transportation to the private sector. The selections are the latest major milestone in the Obama Administration’s plan to partner with U.S. industry to transport astronauts to space, create good-paying American jobs and ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2015 PDT
 June 27, 2015 RELEASE 20-15*‘Forever Remembered’ Exhibit Honoring Challenger and Columbia Opens at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex * A permanent memorial, "Forever Remembered," is unveiled June 27 in the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. NASA and astronaut families collaborated on the memorial designed to honor the crews lost on missions STS-51L and STS-107, pay tribute to shuttle vehicles Challenger and Col ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2015 PDT
 June 26, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-15*Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Opens New Exhibit Saturday* The 90,000-square-foot "Space Shuttle Atlantis" facility, home to the now-retired space shuttle Atlantis, is a crowd pleaser at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. */Credits: NASA/Dan Casper/* News media are invited to a ceremony and the opening of a new exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 27. The cerem ...Continue Reading
June 22nd 2015 PDT
 June 22, 2015 RELEASE 15-135*NASA Signs Agreement with Space Florida to Operate Historic Landing Facility* This aerial photo of the runway at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility looks north. Longer and wider than most commercial runways, it is 15,000 feet long, with 1,000-foot paved overruns on each end, and 300 feet wide, with 50-foot asphalt shoulders. The runway is used by military and civilian cargo carriers, astronauts’ T-38 trainers, Shuttle Training Aircraft and helicopters, as ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2015 PDT
 June 19, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-15*NASA TV Coverage Set for Seventh SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft on the sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA commercial partner SpaceX currently is targeting Sunday, June 28, for the launch of its seventh cargo deli ...Continue Reading
June 16th 2015 PDT
 June 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-128*NASA Solicits Proposals for Use of Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 2* The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is a unique facility capable of stacking rockets as high as 450 feet tall using its 325-ton cranes. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has released an announcement for proposals (AFP) for private companies interested in using its Vehicle Assembly Building, High Ba ...Continue Reading
June 12th 2015 PDT
 June 12, 2015 RELEASE 15-124*NASA Issues Request for Proposals for New Class of Launch Services*NASA’s Launch Services Program has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for new commercial Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) for small satellites, often called CubeSats or nanosatellites, and experiments on science missions using a class of rockets smaller than any currently available to the agency. NASA plans to award one or more firm fixed-price VCLS contracts to accommodate 132 pound ...Continue Reading
June 11th 2015 PDT
 June 11, 2015 RELEASE 17-15*NASA Mourns Loss of Former Launch Commentator Jack King* In the Firing Room of the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, Jack King's announcements keep the public up-to-date during the countdown for Apollo 12, the second lunar landing mission launched Nov. 14, 1969. With one exception (Apollo 13), King provided launch countdown commentary for every American human spaceflight from Gemini 4 in 1965 through Apollo 15 in 1971. */Credits: NASA/* John W. (J ...Continue Reading
June 11th 2015 PDT
 June 11, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-15*Deadline Moved Up for Media Accreditation for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Launch* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft on the sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* The media accreditation deadline has been moved up for the June 26 launch of NASA's next commercial carg ...Continue Reading
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