Following the cancellation of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, work to demolish the vehicle’s launch tower on a repurposed former Shuttle program Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) will mark the erasure of the program from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). It was hoped OmegA would allow the “clean pad” at 39B to fall under the assigned mandate of a ‘Multi-User Spaceport’. Instead, 39B will now only see a maximum of one SLS launch per year.
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30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle…
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Artemis
EGS, Jacobs working to finish testing in time for Artemis 1 rollout in mid-February
by Philip SlossNASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime launch processing contractor Jacobs are performing final…
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The prospect of Starship making its mark on the Space Coast entered another level this…
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From Apollo to multi-user, the changing yet similar nature of Launch Complex 39
by Ryan WeberAs the Artemis 1 SLS vehicle prepares to take its place on LC-39B later this…
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After planning began in 2016 for a small, multi-user launch pad at Kennedy Space Center…
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Solid Rocket Boosters arrive at Kennedy for Artemis 1 and OmegA
For the first time in ten years, Solid Rocket Booster segments have arrived at the…
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As SpaceX continues to make steady progress on multiple Starship test vehicles at their Boca…
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As Rocket Lab continues to put together their manifest for the first operational year of…
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KSC, Cape & Brownsville launch pads to shepherd busy launch schedules
by Ian AtkinsonAs Kennedy Space Center continues its transition to becoming a multi-user spaceport, more details are…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted its third flight of the year on Thursday, following…
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SpaceX has conducted its first launch from the Kennedy Space Center since the end of…
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A moment nearly six years in the making. Fire and flame returned to the historic…
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Following the loss of its Falcon 9 rocket during a static fire test, SpaceX is…
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Orbital ATK and NASA have entered into an agreement to begin negotiations over the potential…
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Kennedy Space Center’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is continuing its preparations to host the…
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The 2011 conclusion of NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program posed a major challenge for the…
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Preparations have begun to repair and upgrade the famous crawlerway at the Kennedy Space Center…