09 June 2016
Winners of NASA's 2016 Invention of the Year Competition Announced
... invention “Hydrogen Sensing Pigments in Manufactured Polymer Composites (a.k.a. Hydrogen Leak Detection Tape)”, from the Kennedy Space Center. The invention is a chemochromic sensor for detecting a combustible gas, such as hydrogen. This technology...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... launched as part of the cargo headed for the ISS on a SpaceX Falcon F9 rocket in July. I was able to travel to Kennedy Space Center and was joined by one of my patients and his mother to watch the launch. It is hard to describe the depth...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
... station. “This is critical to our future as a nation,” said Bob Cabana, a former astronaut and current director of the Kennedy Space Center. “We’ve got to get astronauts flying on US rockets out of here on US soil and not have to rely on our Russian...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission lifts off at 13:32 UTC, 16 July 1969, from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 11 crew bought back 21.5 kg of lunar material. They set up a lunar science station and took part...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... revealed the portraits to the public at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on August 17, 2023, as part of the Center’s ‘Women in Space’ summer event. That summer, the Space Center was celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ride’s first...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
..., a 50-50 joint venture between OneWeb LLC and Airbus, intends to build a factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to build its 900 satellite constellation - that will ultimately see the company churning them out...
