KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Scott Kerr, Director of Spaceport Services.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Show here in a tree are a snowy egret, left, and a limpkin.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown here is Mark Mercadante, an environmental scientist at Kennedy.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown in this photo is red mangrove starting to grow in the restoration area.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown here is an osprey overlooking the water.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown here is the section of KARS park that was first completed during the project.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown here is shoalgrass taking hold in the restoration area.
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spaceport Integration and Services organization is leading a restoration project at KARS Park on Hall Road in Merritt Island, Florida. As part of this project, a wavebreak is being created about 20 feet offshore to allow mangroves and other plants to propagate into the gap, providing protection for the shoreline. Shown here are mullet swimming at the location.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Suzy Cunningham sings the national anthem to kick off Center Director Jim Kennedy’s first all-hands meeting conducted for employees. She is senior spaceport manager, NASA/Air Force Spaceport Planning and Customer Service Office. Making presentations were Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr., KSC deputy director; Tim Wilson, assistant chief engineer for Shuttle; and Bill Pickavance, vice president and deputy program manager, Florida operations, United Space Alliance. Representatives from the Shuttle program and contractor team were on hand to discuss the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report and where KSC stands in its progress toward return to flight.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) Center Director Roy Bridges, Brig. Gen. Donald P. Pettit and Executive Director of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office Ed Gormel share the ribbon cutting at the formal opening of a Customer Service office at the Spaceport. Gen. Pettit is the commander of the 45th Space Wing
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, is joined by Myrna Scott, center, and Dr. David Tipton, chief of Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health, in cutting a ceremonial ribbon dedicating the Randal E. Scott Radiological Control Center at the Florida spaceport. Myrna Scott is the widow of Randy Scott, who was a professional health physicist of more than 40 years. He served as the Florida spaceport's Radiation Protection Officer for 14 years until his death June 17, 2016.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, is joined by Myrna Scott, center, and Dr. David Tipton, chief of Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health, in cutting a ceremonial ribbon dedicating the Randal E. Scott Radiological Control Center at the Florida spaceport. Myrna Scott is the widow of Randy Scott, who was a professional health physicist of more than 40 years. He served as the Florida spaceport's Radiation Protection Officer for 14 years until his death June 17, 2016.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, is joined by Myrna Scott, center, and Dr. David Tipton, chief of Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health, in cutting a ceremonial ribbon dedicating the Randal E. Scott Radiological Control Center at the Florida spaceport. Myrna Scott is the widow of Randy Scott, who was a professional health physicist of more than 40 years. He served as the Florida spaceport's Radiation Protection Officer for 14 years until his death June 17, 2016.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- -- Lifting their shovels for the groundbreaking of the Operations Support Building II are (left to right) Bill Pickavance, Vice President & Deputy Program Manager Florida Operations, United Space Alliance; Mike Wetmore, director of Shuttle Processing; Miguel Morales, chief, Facilities Division, Spaceport Services; Mike Sumner, chief of operations, Spaceport Services; David Wolfberg, designer of the facility, with Architect and Engineers Wolfberg, Alvarez and Partners of Coral Gables; Roy Bridges, KSC director; and Don Minderman, OSB II project manager, Spaceport Services. Not shown: David Boland, David Boland Inc.(construction company). The new building will replace modular housing constructed more than 20 years ago and house NASA and contractor support staff for shuttle operations. The demolition of the modular buildings has begun and construction will immediately follow. The new structure is projected to be ready in April 2005.
Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks during ceremonies to name the Radiological Control Center in honor for Randy Scott. A professional health physicist of more than 40 years, Scott served as the Florida spaceport's Radiation Protection Officer for 14 years until his death June 17, 2016.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After a ribbon cutting at the formal opening of a Customer Service office at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, Center Director Roy Bridges (left) offers a few comments. With him are Brig. Gen. Donald P. Pettit (center)l, commander of the 45th Space Wing, and Executive Director of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office Ed Gormel (right)
A large crane towers overhead as the new, seven-story headquarters building takes shape in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 200,000-square-foot facility will anchor the spaceport’s Central Campus and house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere multi-user spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
A large crane towers overhead as the new, seven-story headquarters building takes shape in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 200,000-square-foot facility will anchor the spaceport’s Central Campus and house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere multi-user spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
A large crane towers overhead as the new, seven-story headquarters building takes shape in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 200,000-square-foot facility will anchor the spaceport’s Central Campus and house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere multi-user spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks to members of the news media on the balcony of Operations Support Building II describing the site's transition from a primarily government-only facility to a premier, multi-user spaceport. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Modifications were recently completed in the VAB where new work platforms were installed to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System rocket designed to send the Orion spacecraft on missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
Leah Martin, NASA Communications, moderates the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.
Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, and Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims.
The new headquarters building’s seven floors are clearly visible as construction continues in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 200,000-square-foot facility will anchor the spaceport’s Central Campus and house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere multi-user spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
Exploration Ground Systems Chief of Staff Sasha Sims participates in the Safety Starts With You Leadership Panel on Jan. 25, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The panel discussion featured senior leaders from the spaceport addressing ways employees can focus on safely completing mission objectives in the new year. Other panelists included Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Ronnie Rodriguez, and Director of Spaceport Integration and Services Nancy Bray.
Maria Collura, deputy director of Spaceport Services and Integration at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is photographed serving pizza to Kennedy employees during a Safety and Health Days celebration at the spaceport’s KARS Park II on March 5, 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.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cape Canaveral Spaceport leaders gather after the master plan signing ceremony at Port Canaveral Terminal 10. From left are Canaveral National Seashore Superintendent Robert Newkirk, Canaveral Port Authority Executive Director Malcolm "Mac" McLouth, KSC Director Roy Bridges Jr., U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, 45th Space Wing Commander Gregory Pavlovich, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Refuge Manager Ron Hight, Naval Ordnance Test Unit Commanding Officer William Borger, and Florida Space Authority Executive Director Ed Gormel. The plan represents interagency cooperation between the leadership group's agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and U.S. Navy. Joining them in developing a vision of the Spaceport's future have been aerospace educators, researchers, and businesses, along with representatives from local, state and national government.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cape Canaveral Spaceport leaders gather after the master plan signing ceremony at Port Canaveral Terminal 10. From left are Canaveral National Seashore Superintendent Robert Newkirk, Canaveral Port Authority Executive Director Malcolm "Mac" McLouth, KSC Director Roy Bridges Jr., U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, 45th Space Wing Commander Gregory Pavlovich, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Refuge Manager Ron Hight, Naval Ordnance Test Unit Commanding Officer William Borger, and Florida Space Authority Executive Director Ed Gormel. The plan represents interagency cooperation between the leadership group's agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and U.S. Navy. Joining them in developing a vision of the Spaceport's future have been aerospace educators, researchers, and businesses, along with representatives from local, state and national government.
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Associate Director Kelvin Manning, left, and representatives from Kennedy's Spaceport Integration and Services pose for a portrait following a ceremony Nov. 1 on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Next to Manning are, from left, Nancy Bray, director; William Heidtman, Spaceport Integrator; Dan Tweed, deputy director, Technical; and Jean Flowers, chief, Customer Services and Integration Branch. During the joint ceremony, the Spaceport Integration Team and its partners were presented with the prestigious 2017 Pulaski Award and a new memorial marker was dedicated. The multi-agency team includes representatives from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's 45th Space Wing, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the Florida Forest Service and Brevard County Fire Rescue. The memorial marker honors two fallen firefighters, Scott Maness and Beau Sauselein, who died fighting a wildfire on space center property in 1981. Held outdoors, the ceremony was attended by 140 guests.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dionne B. Jackson is a Materials Science engineer in the Spaceport Engineering and Technology Directorate. She is responsible for testing and identifying materials and chemicals that are used for the Shuttle Program, International Space Station Program and the Launch Services Program. Jackson has been a permanent NASA KSC employee since 1991.
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit facility at the Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex, a guest is briefed on work taking place in the Florida spaceport's Launch Services Program. This followed a presentation by center director Bob Cabana who updated community leaders on current and future activities at the space center.
Kennedy Space Center’s Andy Phan addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Phillip Hargrove addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Phillip Hargrove addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Day in the Life, page 3. Coming in for landing. A “Super Guppy” transport aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing space Station. This photograph was taken for a special color edition of Spaceport News designed to portray in photographs a single day at KSC, July 26, 2000. The special edition, published Aug. 25, 2000, was created to give readers a look at KSC’s diverse workforce and the critical roles workers play in the nation’s space program. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, was joined by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services, center, and Tom Engler, director of Center Planning and Development in briefing members of the news media on the balcony of Operations Support Building II. They described Kennedy's transition from a primarily government-only facility to a premier, multi-user spaceport. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Modifications were recently completed in the VAB where new work platforms were installed to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System rocket designed to send the Orion spacecraft on missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
Kennedy Space Center’s Brittany Mott addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove and Andy Phan, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Phillip Hargrove addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center employees attend the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Sept. 26, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Phillip Hargrove addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning addresses Kennedy employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Andy Phan speaks at the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Sept. 26, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning addresses Kennedy employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning addresses Kennedy employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Andy Phan speaks at the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Sept. 26, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Brittany Mott addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove and Andy Phan, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Day in the Life, page 1. Sunrise at Launch Pad A at Kennedy Space Center. This photograph was taken for a special color edition of Spaceport News designed to portray in photographs a single day at KSC, July 26, 2000. The special edition, published Aug. 25, 2000, was created to give readers a look at KSC’s diverse workforce and the critical roles workers play in the nation’s space program. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees.
Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen introduces event speakers for the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions on Sept. 26, 2019, inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
Kennedy Space Center’s Johnny Nguyen addresses co-workers inside the Florida spaceport’s Kennedy Learning Institute on Sept. 26, 2019, during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittney Mott, with a skill-building section on career planning by Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Day in the Life, page 3. Coming in for landing. A “Super Guppy” transport aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing space Station. This photograph was taken for a special color edition of Spaceport News designed to portray in photographs a single day at KSC, July 26, 2000. The special edition, published Aug. 25, 2000, was created to give readers a look at KSC’s diverse workforce and the critical roles workers play in the nation’s space program. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Day in the Life, page 2. Preparing the pad. Workers maintain Pad A at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39. Jack Hanover of SDB Engineers and Constructors Inc. prepares to change a bearing in the Rotating Service Structure. This photograph was taken for a special color edition of Spaceport News designed to portray in photographs a single day at KSC, July 26, 2000. The special edition, published Aug. 25, 2000, was created to give readers a look at KSC’s diverse workforce and the critical roles workers play in the nation’s space program. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Day in the Life, page 2. Preparing the pad. Workers maintain Pad A at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39. Jack Hanover of SDB Engineers and Constructors Inc. prepares to change a bearing in the Rotating Service Structure. This photograph was taken for a special color edition of Spaceport News designed to portray in photographs a single day at KSC, July 26, 2000. The special edition, published Aug. 25, 2000, was created to give readers a look at KSC’s diverse workforce and the critical roles workers play in the nation’s space program. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees
Phil Meade, at right, associate director, Spaceport Integration and Services, participates in a panel discussion during a Community Leaders Update hosted by NASA Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 18, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. At left is Jeremy Parsons, deputy manager, Exploration Ground Systems. Center Director Bob Cabana moderated a panel discussion featuring senior leaders from Exploration Ground Systems, Spaceport Integration and Services, Exploration Research and Technology Programs, Gateway Logistics Element, and Center Planning and Development. Attendees included community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport about plans for the coming year. The event took place in the Lunar Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo Saturn V Center. The year will be highlighted with NASA's partners preparing test flights for crewed missions to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program and six launches by the Launch Services Program. Exploration Ground Systems will be completing facilities to support the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Research and Technology Programs will continue to provide supplies to the space station launched as part of the Commercial Resupply Services effort.
Kennedy Space Center employees gather in the Florida spaceport’s Neil Armstrong O&C Mission Briefing Room on April 16, 2019, to hear Dr. Humberto Campins from the University of Central Florida give a status update on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). The first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 8, 2016 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Management of the launch service for OSIRIS-REx was the responsibility of NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport about plans for the coming year. The event took place in the Lunar Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo Saturn V Center. The year will be highlighted with NASA's partners preparing test flights for crewed missions to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program and six launches by the Launch Services Program. Exploration Ground Systems will be completing facilities to support the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Research and Technology Programs will continue to provide supplies to the space station launched as part of the Commercial Resupply Services effort.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility runway for loading into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft on Nov. 21, 2019. The spacecraft’s crew and service modules are flying from the Florida spaceport to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing. In this unique facility, the crew and service modules will be put through extensive testing to ensure they can survive the rigors of launch, space travel, re-entry and splashdown. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Artemis I.
Dr. Humberto Campins from the University of Central Florida speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees in the Florida spaceport’s Neil Armstrong O&C Mission Briefing Room on April 16, 2019, to give a status update on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). The first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 8, 2016 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Management of the launch service for OSIRIS-REx was the responsibility of NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
Omar Baez, senior launch director for NASA’s Launch Services Program, participates in a prelaunch news conference for the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 22, 2021. DART is the first mission to test technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:21 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 24 (10:21 p.m. PST Tuesday, Nov. 23), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg. NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, America's multi-user spaceport, is managing the launch.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility runway for loading into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft on Nov. 21, 2019. The spacecraft’s crew and service modules are flying from the Florida spaceport to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing. In this unique facility, the crew and service modules will be put through extensive testing to ensure they can survive the rigors of launch, space travel, re-entry and splashdown. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Artemis I.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport about plans for the coming year. The event took place in the Lunar Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo Saturn V Center. The year will be highlighted with NASA's partners preparing test flights for crewed missions to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program and six launches by the Launch Services Program. Exploration Ground Systems will be completing facilities to support the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Research and Technology Programs will continue to provide supplies to the space station launched as part of the Commercial Resupply Services effort.
Dr. Humberto Campins from the University of Central Florida speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees in the Florida spaceport’s Neil Armstrong O&C Mission Briefing Room on April 16, 2019, to give a status update on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). The first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 8, 2016 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Management of the launch service for OSIRIS-REx was the responsibility of NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
Dr. Humberto Campins from the University of Central Florida speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees in the Florida spaceport’s Neil Armstrong O&C Mission Briefing Room on April 16, 2019, to give a status update on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). The first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 8, 2016 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Management of the launch service for OSIRIS-REx was the responsibility of NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to employees at the Florida spaceport about plans for the coming year. The event took place in the Lunar Theater at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo Saturn V Center. The year will be highlighted with NASA's partners preparing test flights for crewed missions to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program and six launches by the Launch Services Program. Exploration Ground Systems will be completing facilities to support the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Research and Technology Programs will continue to provide supplies to the space station launched as part of the Commercial Resupply Services effort.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility runway for loading into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft on Nov. 21, 2019. The spacecraft’s crew and service modules are flying from the Florida spaceport to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing. In this unique facility, the crew and service modules will be put through extensive testing to ensure they can survive the rigors of launch, space travel, re-entry and splashdown. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Artemis I.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, wrapped up for shipping, arrives at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility runway for loading into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft on Nov. 21, 2019. The spacecraft’s crew and service modules are flying from the Florida spaceport to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing. In this unique facility, the crew and service modules will be put through extensive testing to ensure they can survive the rigors of launch, space travel, re-entry and splashdown. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Artemis I.
Dr. Humberto Campins from the University of Central Florida speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees in the Florida spaceport’s Neil Armstrong O&C Mission Briefing Room on April 16, 2019, to give a status update on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). The first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, OSIRIS-REx launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sept. 8, 2016 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Management of the launch service for OSIRIS-REx was the responsibility of NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
Groundbreaking for the new Central Campus will take place in the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A scale model of the new facility and landscaping is on display for the ceremony. Kennedy is transforming into a multi-user, 21st century spaceport supporting both commercial and government users and operations. Central Campus Phase I includes construction of a new Headquarters Building as one of the major components of the strategy. The new Headquarters Building will be a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility that will house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees.
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Fueling and servicing checks on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission are completed inside Kennedy Space Center’s Multi-Payload Processing Facility on July 8, 2021. The capsule will be transported to the Florida spaceport’s Launch Abort System Facility, where teams with Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs will work to add parts of the launch abort system onto the spacecraft. Launching later this year, Artemis I will be a test of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Apollo command and service modules scheduled for manned landing missions on the moon cross paths in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the spaceport. The meeting occurred last night when the CSM for Apollo 11 was being hoisted out of a test chamber and the CSM for Apollo 12, which recently arrived at Kennedy Space Center, was getting its initial checkouts in the aisle. Apollo 11 is scheduled for the first manned lunar landing mission this summer. Photo credit: NASA
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the NASA News Center annex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, social media participants listen to a briefing by Michael Woltman of Kennedy's Launch Services Program. The social media participants gathered at the Florida spaceport for the launch of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L spacecraft. Their visit included tours of key facilities and participating in presentations by key NASA leaders who updated the space agency's current efforts. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper
Workers supervise the off-loading of segments of a Lockheed Martin Atlas II rocket at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.; The rocket will be used to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-M (GOES-M), the latest in the current series of advanced geostationary weather satellites in service.; GOES-M is being prepared for launch at the Astrotech Space Operations facility located in the Spaceport Florida Industrial Park in Titusville, Fla. The launch is scheduled for July 15 from Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The Mars 2020 rover is offloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover made a cross-country trip to the Florida spaceport that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
The Mars 2020 rover arrives at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover was delivered to the Florida spaceport on a C-17 aircraft, making a cross-country trip that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Sept. 26, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittany Mott.
The Mars 2020 rover arrives at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover was delivered to the Florida spaceport on a C-17 aircraft, making a cross-country trip that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Sept. 26, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittany Mott.
Groundbreaking for the new Central Campus will take place in the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A scale model of the new facility and landscaping is on display for the ceremony. Kennedy is transforming into a multi-user, 21st century spaceport supporting both commercial and government users and operations. Central Campus Phase I includes construction of a new Headquarters Building as one of the major components of the strategy. The new Headquarters Building will be a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility that will house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees.
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 13, 2019. The two integral pieces of equipment, which were flown to the Florida spaceport from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado, will protect the rover during its passage to Mars. The Mars 2020 rover is being manufactured at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. When completed, the rover will be delivered to Kennedy in mid-February, 2020, with the mission scheduled to launch in the summer of 2020.
After recently completing fueling and servicing checks, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission departs from Kennedy Space Center’s Multi-Payload Processing on July 10, 2021. It is being transported to the Florida spaceport’s Launch Abort System Facility, where teams with Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs will integrate components of the launch abort system onto the spacecraft. Launching later this year, Artemis I will be a test of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.
A panoramic view of the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shows the nearly-complete new headquarters building at right. The new seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility will house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
The Mars 2020 rover is offloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover made a cross-country trip to the Florida spaceport that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
The Mars 2020 rover is offloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover made a cross-country trip to the Florida spaceport that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
A long exposure photograph of the new headquarters building, part of the Central Campus in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The nearly-complete seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility will house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees. The building will be more energy efficient than the current Headquarters building and will feature the latest in office and administrative building technology to fulfill Kennedy's role as the premiere spaceport for NASA and, increasingly, commercial entities.
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 13, 2019. The two integral pieces of equipment, which were flown to the Florida spaceport from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado, will protect the rover during its passage to Mars. The Mars 2020 rover is being manufactured at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. When completed, the rover will be delivered to Kennedy in mid-February, 2020, with the mission scheduled to launch in the summer of 2020.
Nancy Bray, director of Spaceport Integration and Services at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to Kennedy employees on Sept. 26, 2019, in the Kennedy Learning Institute during the first in a series of five TED Talk-style informational sessions. Sponsored by Kennedy’s Launching Leaders and Leadership for the Future, NASAtalks focuses on the topic of intentional careers and aims to provide employees with tools and knowledge that can be utilized for career growth. The theme of this first session was innovation, and additional speakers included Kennedy employees Phillip Hargrove, Andy Phan and Brittany Mott.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Amanda Mitskevich, program manager for NASA's Launch Services Program, speaks to about 45 of NASA’s social media followers during two days of presentations on the Kennedy's past, present and future. The social media participants gathered at the Florida spaceport on Aug. 2 and 3, 2012 to hear from key former and current leaders who related stories of the space agency's efforts to explore the unknown. It was the first social media event totally run by Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/ Gianni Woods
With the countdown clock at the NASA Kenney Space Center Press Site in the foreground, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Florida spaceport. It was the company's 10th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 9:39 a.m. EST from the historic launch site now operated by SpaceX under a property agreement with NASA. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver about 5,500 pounds of supplies, such as the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III instrument to further study ozone in the atmosphere.
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 13, 2019. The two integral pieces of equipment, which were flown to the Florida spaceport from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado, will protect the rover during its passage to Mars. The Mars 2020 rover is being manufactured at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. When completed, the rover will be delivered to Kennedy in mid-February, 2020, with the mission scheduled to launch in the summer of 2020.
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 13, 2019. The two integral pieces of equipment, which were flown to the Florida spaceport from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado, will protect the rover during its passage to Mars. The Mars 2020 rover is being manufactured at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. When completed, the rover will be delivered to Kennedy in mid-February, 2020, with the mission scheduled to launch in the summer of 2020.
Groundbreaking for the new Central Campus took place in the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Members of the media and guests gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony. Kennedy is transforming into a multi-user, 21st century spaceport supporting both commercial and government users and operations. Central Campus Phase I includes construction of a new Headquarters Building as one of the major components of the strategy. The new Headquarters Building will be a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility that will house about 500 NASA civil service and contractor employees.
After recently completing fueling and servicing checks, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission departs from Kennedy Space Center’s Multi-Payload Processing on July 10, 2021. It is being transported to the Florida spaceport’s Launch Abort System Facility, where teams with Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs will integrate components of the launch abort system onto the spacecraft. Launching later this year, Artemis I will be a test of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.
Rolando Valdez, serving as NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Spaceport Integration and Services representative for this year’s “Innovation Without Boundaries” event, gives feedback to participants in Kennedy’s Space Station Processing Facility on June 14, 2019. A number of employees presented their proposals to a panel of judges as part of the Chief Technologist Innovation Call. Participants had five minutes to present their innovative idea for the chance to receive an award of up to $500 for ideas with little-to-no cost that would make a significant impact.
The Mars 2020 rover is offloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The rover made a cross-country trip to the Florida spaceport that started at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission, targeted for mid-July 2020, will launch aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch.
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.