NASA An artist’s concept showing a possible layout of a commercial rocket and spacecraft positioned at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. By Robert Z. Continue reading
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Rocket Man Triathlon 2013 Titusville Kennedy Space Center NASA KSC Edited – Video
Rocket Man Triathlon 2013 Titusville Kennedy Space Center NASA KSC Edited By: Robert Mercier Continue reading
NASA Shows Progress of President’s Space Exploration Vision – Video
NASA Shows Progress of President's Space Exploration Vision On the third anniversary of President Obama's visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he set his space exploration vision for the future, news… By: NASAKennedy Continue reading
NASA provides update on Orion spacecraft
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NASA Marks Third Anniversary of Obama Support of Space at Kennedy
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA marked the third anniversary Monday of President Obama’s speech at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he laid out a plan to ensure the United States will remain the world’s leader in space exploration. Continue reading
NASA: Forget the Moon, Let's Play Asteroids
The United States has no immediate plans to send astronauts back to the Moon, according to NASA administrator Charles Bolden. “I don’t know how to say it any more plainly. NASA does not have a human lunar mission in its portfolio and we are not planning for one,” Bolden said late last week at a joint meeting of the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) in Washington, according to Space Politics. Continue reading
Space Shuttle Launch NASA Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center – Video
Space Shuttle Launch NASA Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center By: usmc8201 Continue reading
Angry Birds Invade NASA ‘s Kennedy Space Center
The Angry Birds have landed at NASA’s gateway to space. Rovio’s wildly popular game franchise is hosting an interactive exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla. the public face of NASA’s spaceport that launched moon rockets and space shuttles. Continue reading
More than 40 beaches crucial to loggerhead sea turtles
More than 40 Florida beaches considered vital for loggerhead sea turtles including Canaveral National Seashore could be named as critical habitat under a federal proposal announced Friday. Several Volusia and Brevard beaches could be designated by the U.S Continue reading
SpaceX capsule hits glitch after launch for space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies blasted off on Friday on supply run to the International Space Station, but a thruster problem with the cargo ship threatened to derail the mission. The 157-foot (48-meter) tall Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo ship lifted off at 10:10 a.m Continue reading
NASA Deep-Space Missions Take Aim at Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. The announcement today of an ambitious new project to launch the first private manned mission to Mars in 2018 may suggest to some that NASA has lost a step in the pursuit of deep-space exploration Continue reading
NASA Struggles to Make the Kennedy Space Center a Multi-Use Launch Facility
A story in Florida Today suggests that NASA is facing a number of problems recreating the Kennedy Space Center into what is called a “21st Century Space Launch Complex” that will support both government and commercial operations. Most upgrade money going to support Space Launch System Florida Today is suggesting that most of the money being used to upgrade the Kennedy Space Center is being used to accommodate the Space Launch System, the heavy lift launch vehicle designed to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit, and not to accommodate potential commercial customers. Roughly three-quarters of the money is being spent exclusively for SLS upgrades, with commercial enhancements getting the rest. Continue reading
NASA marks 10th anniversary of Columbia disaster
Space agency marks the anniversaries of the Columbia, Challenger, and Apollo 1 disasters with an emotional memorial service, vowing to do everything possible to prevent a recurrence. Evelyn Husband-Thompson, widow of Columbia Commander Rick Husband, remembers the fallen crew and the devastating impact of the 2003 disaster in a ceremony Friday at the Space Mirror Memorial honoring fallen astronauts Continue reading
NASA Honors Fallen Astronauts in Solemn Ceremony
NASA honored the memories of the seven astronauts lost 10 years ago today (Feb. 1) in the space shuttle Columbia disaster, as well as the agency’s other explorers who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. The solemn ceremony, held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., gathered friends and family members together to remember the lives of the Columbia’s final astronaut crew as well as the seven astronauts lost in the Challenger shuttle disaster on Jan Continue reading
NASA Launches Next-Generation Communications Satellite
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NASA's New Comsat: TDRS-K Spacecraft in Photos
TDRS-K Spacecraft in Hangar The TDRS-K spacecraft stands inside a processing hangar in Titusville, Fla., awaiting packaging for launch into orbit 22,300 miles above Earth. An artist concept of the TDRS-K spacecraft in orbit with its assortment of antennas and a pair of solar arrays to provide electricity. Continue reading
NASA not interested in handing over Shiloh site
The state is disappointed by NASA's initial response to its request for Kennedy Space Center property where it hopes to establish a commercial launch complex. Continue reading
NASA Employs Private Companies To Make Orion Project A Reality By 2014
January 15, 2013 Image Caption: The Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 crew module undergoes proof pressure testing at the Operations and Checkout Building. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky [Watch Video] Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online To ensure that the future of the US space exploration program keeps its head above water, NASAs Kennedy Space Center has partnered with the private sector to get Orion rolling out the door. By employing outside workers, NASA has provided a means to expedite the Orion spaceship building process from months to just days. Continue reading
NASA Sets TDRS-K/Atlas V Launch Events Coverage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the launch of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, or TDRS-K, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket Jan Continue reading
NASA: Commercial-crew flights on track to start in 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA and industry partners on Wednesday touted progress they’ve made developing private spacecraft that could fly astronauts from Florida to the International Space Station by 2017 Continue reading