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...
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...
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...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... rise in sea levels could prove a significant threat to some of the world’s iconic coastal space launch sites, including Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). NASA is building a massive artificial dune along a stretch of the coast in a bid to protect...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... provides waiting recipients immediate access to ISS payloads upon landing. Given the LLF’s close proximity to the Kennedy Space Center, Space Florida is ideally placed for SNC’s first orbital vehicle in its Dream Chaser fleet, the Dream Chaser...
12 February 2018
Dream Chaser's first mission to ISS gets NASA go-ahead
.... The mission also benefits from being able to return up to 2,000 kilograms of cargo, which can be delivered to NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) for immediate post-landing handover to customers. “We can’t wait to see the...
