Tag: Kennedy Space Center

Biggest Ever Cygnus Cargo Ship Poised for Blastoff to ISS on NG-23 Mission: Prelaunch Pad 40 Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/ CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – The biggest ever Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus Cargo ship is poised for launch from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station (ISS) on a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket under a commercial resupply services contract with NASA. NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting liftoff for 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept.

SpaceX Achieves 500th Booster Landing after Rapid Fire Duo Opens September Space Coast Blastoffs on Sept 3 & 5: Photos

TITUSVILLE, FL – SpaceX successfully achieved its 500th Falcon Booster landing after a rapid fire launch duo opened the month of September with Space Coast blastoffs on Sept 3 & 5 from pads 39A and 40 – to fortify the Starlink mega constellation of broadband internet satellites. The month of September began auspiciously with the SpaceX Starlink 10-22 mission sunrise liftoff

NASA SpaceX Crew-11 Quartet Launches to ISS

After several weather delays the multinational NASA SpaceX Crew-11 quartet of astronauts and cosmonauts launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 1 from Launch Complex 39A from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a half year science expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Zena

Picture Perfect SpaceX Falcon 9 blastoff carrying European weather satellite MTG-S1: Photos

SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Spectators enjoyed a picture-perfect blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying European weather satellite MTG-S1 for the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) at 5:04 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 1, 2025. This Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite was carried

NASA Seamstress Sew Sister Jean Wright receives ‘Women in American History’ Award from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR): Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL (Nov 2024) – NASA space shuttle seamstress and thermal protection specialist Jean Wright received the prestigious “Women in American History Award” as presented by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) based in Washington, D.C, during a ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center, Florida in front of the space