The final work on Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is being conducted in line with the construction and outfitting of systems on the Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS). This multi-element verification and validation (V&V) testing is set to take place next year, a full dress rehearsal ahead of the rollout of the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) rocket.
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Engineers have begun to install the new Flame Deflector into the Flame Trench of Pad…
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While most of the recent attention has been on its next door neighbor, Pad 39B…
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The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is constructing a Deployable Launch System (DLS), marked by work…
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One of the final upgrades to Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B will begin in earnest,…
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Major pad modification work is continuing to take place at Pad 39B, ahead of hosting…
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Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is fast returning to the status of an active launch…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) Mobile Launcher (ML) has completed its debut trip to Pad…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) Mobile Launcher (ML) will make its debut Crawler Transporter (CT)…
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SLS/Orion
Crawler repairs pick up – Constellation press ahead with Pad 39B demolition
August 29, 2010Replacement power supplies for the two grounded Crawler Transporters (CT1 and CT2) have arrived at…
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SLS/Orion
Pad 39B suffers substantial damage from Ares I-X launch – Parachute update
October 31, 2009Pad workers have begun to evaluate what is being described as substantial heat damage to…
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Shuttle Endeavour has completed her rollout to 39B, where she will be put through a…
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Endeavour and the STS-400 Launch On Need (LON) shuttle arrived at Pad 39B Friday, joining…
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NASA managers are continuing to build their roadmap for Pad 39B’s transition to Ares, in…
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Orbital ATK is preparing for the next phase of development for their Next Generation Launcher…
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Commercial
Rocket Lab manifests third flight, aims for expanded flight rate and launch sites
March 14, 2018As Rocket Lab continues to put together their manifest for the first operational year of…
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CommercialSpaceX
KSC, Cape & Brownsville launch pads to shepherd busy launch schedules
January 25, 2018As Kennedy Space Center continues its transition to becoming a multi-user spaceport, more details are…
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Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
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SpaceX launched its third re-flown Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, carrying the EchoStar-105/SES-11 communications satellite into…
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SLS/Orion
SLS EM-1 & -2 launch dates realign; EM-3 gains notional mission outline
September 22, 2017Following a series of issues over the last year with the Core Stage for the…