The 404-day clock to connect, checkout, and test the first integrated Orion spacecraft for its flight to the Moon started in early November with the arrival of the European Service Module (ESM) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. All of the major Orion hardware for Exploration Mission-1 is in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at KSC for the first time, where prime contractor Lockheed Martin will finish assembly.
The huge Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS) is gaining more of…
Less than one year after the Space Center and the entirety of eastern Florida benefited…
The final work on Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is being conducted in line with…
The Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) team at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in…
After several false dawns, the US Air Force’s X-37B mini-spaceplane has landed at the Kennedy…
Following the successful launch of a Delta IV rocket with the WGS-9 satellite Saturday night,…
A moment nearly six years in the making. Fire and flame returned to the historic…
Numerous launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral avoided serious impact…
With just over two years to go until the rocket’s maiden launch, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA’s…
Kennedy Space Center’s famous launch pads are continuing their regeneration work in preparation for hosting…
Orbital ATK and NASA have entered into an agreement to begin negotiations over the potential…
Kennedy Space Center’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is continuing its preparations to host the…
The 2011 conclusion of NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program posed a major challenge for the…
For the past several years, the historic launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida,…
The Orion Service Module Umbilical (OSMU) has been installed on to the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF)…
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is continuing its drive to attract new commercial partners by…
It’s been over three years since the world famous Kennedy Space Center (KSC) last felt the…
Crawler Transporter -2 (CT-2) is enjoying a spin around the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) block,…
The highly anticipated confirmation that Dream Chaser will be taking up residency at the Kennedy…