Employees listen intently during an Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program event in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "Columbia: Lessons and Legends of Recovery." Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana moderated a panel discussion featuring guests with connections to Columbia and recovery efforts.
Daniel Murphree, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida, presents information to NASA Kennedy Space Center employees on the impact Florida natives have had on, and how they were affected by, Atlantic World events from 1492 to the present. The presentation took place June 11, 2019, in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium and was brought to Kennedy by the Native American Heritage Initiative (NAHI) Employee Resource Group. One of eight resource groups at the Florida spaceport, NAHI aims to bring employees together, provide networking opportunities and inform the Kennedy workforce about Native American heritage.
Veteran space reporter John Zarrella, left, moderates a “Lessons of Columbia” discussion with former space shuttle launch directors Mike Leinbach, center, and Bob Sieck in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. The discussion took place during “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes swore in employees formerly from the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test (COMET) contract as new NASA civil servants on Monday, July 27, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The latest round of civil servants is part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil servants ranks.
Dr. Dava Newman, NASA's deputy administrator, speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo. The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of STS-107 Commander Rick Husband, speaks to NASA civil service and contractor employees and guests in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Husband Thompson was one of the presenters for “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Dr. Dava Newman, NASA's deputy administrator, speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
During the 2016 Innovation Expo at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives from Parker Brothers, known for designing and building outrageous custom vehicles, spoke to Kennedy employees about their creative thinking processes. Employees also were given an up-close look at their Neutron bike, featured in the movie “Tron.”
NASA astronaut Stan Love presents to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on Mar 2, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Love’s presentation included information on identifying and distinguishing when circumstances change from an annoyance to a threat in space operations.
Dr. Dava Newman, NASA's deputy administrator, speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo. The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of STS-107 Commander Rick Husband, talks with an attendee of “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP), the event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana hosts a lunch and learn on March 4, 2020, inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which emphasize how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. The lunch and learn focused on Cabana’s past experiences as an astronaut and what it takes to become one.
Chas Hoff, a public affairs official from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, stands ready to provide information on the NASA Safety Center to Kennedy Space Center employees in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020. Hoff had an informational table set up during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
Mary Kirkland, a Kennedy Space Center athletic trainer at RehabWorks, presents information on the body’s myofascial system inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes swore in the first phase of employees formerly from the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test (COMET) contract as new NASA civil servants on Monday, July 13, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The latest round of civil servants is part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil servants ranks.
Charlie Duke, former Apollo 16 astronaut and member of the Apollo 1 Emergency Egress Investigation Team, speaks to participants during the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "To There and Back Again." Other guest panelists included Ernie Reyes, retired, Apollo 1 senior operations engineer; and John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer. The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.
From left, Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter; NASA Kennedy Space Center Chief Technologist Barbara Brown; and former astronaut Winston Scott participate in a panel discussion on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner at the Florida spaceport, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open to all Kennedy employees to attend. An additional participant included former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden.
A Kennedy Space Center employee hugs former NASA administrator Charlie Bolden following a panel discussion on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted at the Florida spaceport by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional panel participants included former astronaut Winston Scott, Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.
From left, NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes speaks to NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui during their visit to Kennedy in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, spent five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.
Veteran space reporter John Zarrella, left, moderates a “Lessons of Columbia” discussion with former space shuttle launch directors Mike Leinbach, center, and Bob Sieck in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. The discussion took place during “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Jennifer Kunz, director of Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses with the SMA “I Love Safety” poster during the Florida spaceport’s annual Safety and Health Days on March 2, 2020. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
During the 2016 Innovation Expo at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, representatives from Parker Brothers, known for designing and building outrageous custom vehicles, spoke to Kennedy employees about their creative thinking processes. Employees also were given an up-close look at their Neutron bike, featured in the movie “Tron.”
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, blue flight suit, listens to a presentation in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019, during “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). Kimbrough also was a speaker at the event, which is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
NASA Kennedy Space Center employees learn more about safety from an informational table set up inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks with workers during an All Hands meeting on Aug. 7, 2018, in the Training Auditorium at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP) Manager Mike Ciannilli speaks to NASA civil service and contractor employees and guests in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Ciannilli was the master of ceremonies for “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the ACCLLP. The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, introduces guest speaker and NASA astronaut Stan Love inside the Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020, during the Florida spaceport’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Love’s presentation included information on identifying and distinguishing when circumstances change from an annoyance to a threat in space operations.
Dr. Temple Grandin, second from left, pauses for a photo after giving the keynote presentation at Kennedy Space Center's annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) event. From left are Chief Financial Officer Susan Kroskey, executive champion of Kennedy's Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG; Grandin; Joette Feeney, chair of the Kennedy Networking Opportunities for Women group, or KNOW; and DAAWG Co-chairs Nicole Delvesco and Annie Williams. A prominent author and speaker on animal behavior and autism, Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kennedy's DAAWG and KNOW groups partnered to sponsor the presentation.
Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of STS-107 Commander Rick Husband, speaks to NASA civil service and contractor employees and guests in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Husband Thompson was one of the presenters for “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks with workers during an All Hands meeting on Aug. 7, 2018, in the Training Auditorium at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Ernie Reyes, retired, former Apollo 1 senior operations manager, signs a book for a worker after the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The theme of the program was "To there and Back Again." The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
New employees were sworn in on Monday, June 15, 2026, as new NASA civil servants at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 138 employees from NASA Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California are the latest onboarded as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce directive ongoing efforts to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and increase NASA’s agility, and they are taking on duties recently fulfilled by the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) contract.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks to NASA civil service and contractor employees and guests in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Kimbrough was the final speaker for “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
A Kennedy Space Center employee, following instructions from guest speaker Carly Paige, an integrative nutrition health coach and chef, demonstrates how to make a smoothie inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 5, 2020. The demonstration was part of a presentation given by Paige during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Paige’s presentation included information on simple swaps that can be made to incorporate healthier habits on a daily basis.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana hosts a lunch and learn on March 4, 2020, inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which emphasize how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. The lunch and learn focused on Cabana’s past experiences as an astronaut and what it takes to become one.
NASA astronaut Stan Love addresses Kennedy Space Center employees inside Kennedy’s Training Auditorium in Florida on March 2, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Love’s presentation included information on identifying and distinguishing when circumstances change from an annoyance to a threat in space operations.
Representatives from Parker Brothers, known for designing and building outrageous custom vehicles, spoke to employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida about their creative thinking processes. The event took place during the center's 2016 Innovation Expo. Employees also were given an up-close look at their Neutron bike, featured in the movie “Tron.”
Scott Bolton briefs employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the progress of the Juno mission to the planet Jupiter. Bolton is the principal investigator for Juno at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. NASA’s Launch Services Program, which is based at Kennedy, led the successful launch of the Juno spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Aug. 5, 2011 from nearby Space Launch Complex 41. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, and will study our solar system’s largest planet until February 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Carly Paige, right, an integrative nutrition health coach and chef, speaks with Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Training Auditorium on March 5, 2020, following a presentation she gave during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Paige’s presentation included information on simple swaps that can be made to incorporate healthier habits on a daily basis.
Mike Ciannilli, left, manager of the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP), presents a certificate of appreciation to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, during an ACCLLP employee event in the Training Auditorium at the center in Florida. The theme of the presentation was "Columbia: Lessons and Legends of Recovery," and featured a panel discussion moderated by Cabana.
New employees were sworn in on Monday, June 15, 2026, as new NASA civil servants at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 138 employees from NASA Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California are the latest onboarded as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce directive ongoing efforts to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and increase NASA’s agility, and they are taking on duties recently fulfilled by the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) contract.
Employees listen to remarks from NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders, left, and Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk during a Town Hall session at Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2019. The agency senior leaders provided an update on the agency’s Exploration campaign, current missions and NASA’s operating model initiatives. As part of its Artemis program, NASA is charged with landing the first American woman and next American man at the South Pole of the Moon by 2024.
Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Rogers speaks to NASA civil service and contractor employees and guests in Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium on April 12, 2019. Rogers talked about lessons in decision-making during “Columbia: The Mission Continues,” an event organized by the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program (ACCLLP). The event is part of the Space Shuttle Columbia national tour and took place on the 38th anniversary of STS-1, the first orbital spaceflight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The tour launched at Kennedy and will make its way to each of the 10 NASA centers.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana hosts a lunch and learn on March 4, 2020, inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which emphasize how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. The lunch and learn focused on Cabana’s past experiences as an astronaut and what it takes to become one.
Daniel Murphree, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida, presents information to NASA Kennedy Space Center employees on the impact Florida natives have had on, and how they were affected by, Atlantic World events from 1492 to the present. The presentation took place June 11, 2019, in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium and was brought to Kennedy by the Native American Heritage Initiative (NAHI) Employee Resource Group. One of eight resource groups at the Florida spaceport, NAHI aims to bring employees together, provide networking opportunities and inform the Kennedy workforce about Native American heritage.
Astronauts selected to train for the flight tests of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program participated in a panel discussion with employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and astronauts Eric Boe and Suni Williams.
Carly Paige, an integrative nutrition health coach and chef, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 5, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Paige’s presentation included information on simple swaps that can be made to incorporate healthier habits on a daily basis.
Representatives from Parker Brothers, known for designing and building outrageous custom vehicles, spoke to employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida about their creative thinking processes. The event took place during the center's 2016 Innovation Expo. Employees also were given an up-close look at their Neutron bike, featured in the movie “Tron.”
Safety favors are photographed inside the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the Florida spaceport’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
NASA Kennedy Space Center employees learn more about safety from an informational table set up inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
“I Love Safety” stickers are photographed inside the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 2, 2020. The stickers were available for Kennedy employees during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
From left to right, Kennedy Space Center Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) employees Sean Nichols, Tom Dwyer, Gary Hendricks, Larrin Moody, Michele Richtmeyer, Heidi Harden and Jeff Silva pose with SMA “I Love Safety” posters inside the Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
National radio host Tom Joyner hosts a panel discussion at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019, about the agency’s Moon to Mars plans. The discussion was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. In the background, panel participant and former NASA administrator Charlie Bolden can be seen. Additional participants included Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.
New NASA civil servants pose for a photograph following their swearing-in ceremony on Monday, June 15, 2026, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 138 employees from NASA Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California are the latest onboarded as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce directive ongoing efforts to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and increase NASA’s agility, and they are taking on duties recently fulfilled by the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) contract.
Mary Kirkland, a Kennedy Space Center athletic trainer at RehabWorks, presents information on the body’s myofascial system inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
Mike Ciannilli, the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program manager, welcomes participants to the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "To There and Back Again." Guest panelists included Charlie Duke, former Apollo 16 astronaut and member of the Apollo 1 Emergency Egress Investigation Team; Ernie Reyes, retired, Apollo 1 senior operations engineer; and John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer. The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer, answers questions during the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned event in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The theme of the presentation was "To There and Back Again." The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, employees watch as Vice President Mike Pence, left, swears in Jim Bridenstine as the 13th NASA Administrator as Bridenstine's family watches on April 23, 2018, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 19.
National radio host Tom Joyner hosts a panel discussion at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019, about the agency’s Moon to Mars plans. The discussion was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. The panel included former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden, former astronaut Winston Scott, Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.
Charlie Duke, former Apollo 16 astronaut and member of the Apollo 1 Emergency Egress Investigation Team, speaks to participants during the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "To There and Back Again." Other guest panelists included Ernie Reyes, retired, Apollo 1 senior operations engineer; and John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer. The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana hosts a lunch and learn on March 4, 2020, inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which emphasize how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. The lunch and learn focused on Cabana’s past experiences as an astronaut and what it takes to become one.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes delivers remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for civil servants on Monday, June 15, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The 138 employees from NASA Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California are the latest onboarded as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce directive ongoing efforts to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and increase NASA’s agility, and they are taking on duties recently fulfilled by the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) contract.
In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, employees attend a viewing of the swearing in of the agency's new administrator, Jim Bridenstine. He officially took office as the 13th administrator of NASA on April 23, 2018, after being given the oath of office by Vice President Mike Pence at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 19.
Dr. Dava Newman, NASA's deputy administrator, speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo. The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
The science phase of the Juno mission to the planet Jupiter is explained in a slideshow presented to Kennedy Space Center employees during a briefing by Scott Bolton, principal investigator for Juno at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. NASA’s Launch Services Program, which is based at Kennedy, led the successful launch of the Juno spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Aug. 5, 2011 from nearby Space Launch Complex 41. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, and will study our solar system’s largest planet until February 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Cassie Hilditch, a guest speaker from the San Jose State University Research Foundation, presents information on fatigue management inside NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days on March 4, 2020. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes swore in employees formerly from the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test (COMET) contract as new NASA civil servants on Monday, July 27, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The latest round of civil servants is part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil servants ranks.
Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses with the SMA “I Love Safety” poster during the Florida spaceport’s annual Safety and Health Days on March 4, 2020. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
Former NASA astronaut Winston Scott participates in a panel discussion at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional participants included former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden, Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.
Dr. Temple Grandin addresses employees as the keynote speaker at Kennedy Space Center's annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) event. A prominent author and speaker on animal behavior and autism, she is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kennedy's Disability Awareness and Action Working Group partnered with the Kennedy Networking Opportunities for Women group to sponsor the presentation.
Suzy Cunningham, with the Communication and Public Engagement Directorate, sings the National Anthem before the start of the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "To There and Back Again." Guest panelists included Charlie Duke, former Apollo 16 astronaut and member of the Apollo 1 Emergency Egress Investigation Team; Ernie Reyes, retired, Apollo 1 senior operations engineer; and John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer. The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
Cassie Hilditch, a guest speaker from the San Jose State University Research Foundation, addresses Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Hilditch’s presentation included information on fatigue management.
Chas Hoff, a public affairs official from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, provides information on the NASA Safety Center to a Kennedy Space Center employee in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020. Hoff had an informational table set up during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
NASA Kennedy Space Center employees attend a presentation on June 11, 2019, on Native American presence in Florida in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium. Daniel Murphree, Ph.d., associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida, spoke on the impact Florida natives have had on, and how they were affected by, Atlantic World events from 1492 to the present. The presentation was brought to Kennedy by the Native American Heritage Initiative (NAHI) Employee Resource Group. One of eight resource groups at Kennedy, NAHI aims to bring employees together, provide networking opportunities and inform the Kennedy workforce about Native American heritage.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
In the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, employees watch the swearing in of the agency's new administrator Jim Bridenstine. He was sworn in as the 13th administrator of NASA on April 23, 2018, after he was given the oath of office by Vice President Mike Pence at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. Bridenstine was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 19.
Denton Gibson, launch director of the Launch Services Program, introduces Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Scott Bolton briefs employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the progress of the Juno mission to the planet Jupiter. Bolton is the principal investigator for Juno at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. NASA’s Launch Services Program, which is based at Kennedy, led the successful launch of the Juno spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Aug. 5, 2011 from nearby Space Launch Complex 41. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, and will study our solar system’s largest planet until February 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Dave King, former director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and NASA Columbia Recovery director, gives the keynote speech during an Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program employee event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The theme of the presentation was "Columbia: Lessons and Legends of Recovery." King also participated in a panel discussion moderated by Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana.
Kim Carter, Exploration Ground Systems associate manager, technical, participates in a panel discussion at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional participants included former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden, former astronaut Winston Scott and Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown.
NASA Kennedy Space Center employees attend a presentation on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020. The presentation, led by guest speaker and former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee, was offered during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.
Former NASA Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach speaks to employees during an Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program event in the Training Auditorium at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program's theme was "Columbia: Lessons and Legends of Recovery." Leinbach participated in a panel discussion during the event.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes (front, center) swore in employees formerly from the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test (COMET) contract as new NASA civil servants on Monday, July 27, 2026, at NASA Kennedy in Florida. The latest round of civil servants is part of the administrator’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil servants ranks.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Mike Ciannilli, at left, the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program manager, presents a certificate to John Tribe, retired, Apollo 1 Reaction and Control System lead engineer, during the Apollo 1 Lessons Learned presentation in the Training Auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The theme of the program was "To there and Back Again." The event helped pay tribute to the Apollo 1 crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee.
From left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yu, and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Brian Hughes pose for a photograph with employees during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The three crew members, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, spent five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo. The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
Mary Kirkland, a Kennedy Space Center athletic trainer at RehabWorks and one of the guest speakers during Kennedy’s annual Safety and Health Days, poses with the Safety and Mission Assurance “I Love Safety” poster inside the Training Auditorium on March 2, 2020, prior to her presentation. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Kirkland’s presentation included information on the body’s myofascial system and how daily activity and exercise contributes to its health.
A panel discussion regarding NASA’s Moon to Mars plans takes place at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Seated from left, are Tom Joyner, national radio host and panel host; Charlie Bolden, former NASA administrator and astronaut; Kim Carter, Exploration Ground Systems associate manager, technical; Barbara Brown, Kennedy chief technologist; former astronaut Winston Scott; and panel co-host Sybil Wilkes.
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning addresses Kennedy employees during a lunch and learn inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which emphasize how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. The lunch and learn, hosted by Center Director Bob Cabana, focused on what it takes to become an astronaut.
Daniel Murphree, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida, presents information to NASA Kennedy Space Center employees on the impact Florida natives have had on, and how they were affected by, Atlantic World events from 1492 to the present. The presentation took place June 11, 2019, in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium and was brought to Kennedy by the Native American Heritage Initiative (NAHI) Employee Resource Group. One of eight resource groups at the Florida spaceport, NAHI aims to bring employees together, provide networking opportunities and inform the Kennedy workforce about Native American heritage.
Dr. Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, discusses the upcoming Roman mission in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. McEnery is a leading astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she specializes in the study of high energy astrophysics and her work is expanding our understanding of the universe’s creation and behavior. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” Roman will offer a field of view over 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study up to a billion galaxies, directly image exoplanets and planet forming disks, and address fundamental questions about dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Dr. Dava Newman, NASA's deputy administrator, speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport during the annual KickStart Innovation Expo. The event gives employees an opportunity to present proposals for new ideas and processes. A small amount of funding is awarded to those selected allowing individuals or teams to procure needed items to implement their projects. Kennedy employees are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.
Former NASA administrator and astronaut Charlie Bolden participates in a panel discussion at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2019. Hosted by national radio host Tom Joyner, the discussion focused on the agency’s Moon to Mars plans and was open for all Kennedy employees to attend. Additional participants included former astronaut Winston Scott, Kennedy Chief Technologist Barbara Brown and Exploration Ground Systems Associate Manager, Technical, Kim Carter.