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...
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...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... When astronauts launched from Earth on the shuttle, they had the support of a large and capable team at Kennedy Space Center. When astronauts leave planet Mars, they’ll have to do it independently. Finally, after again facing the challenge of months...
