Selfie Time with Astronaut Victor Glover – NASA

Selfie Time with Astronaut Victor Glover – NASA

Employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA astronaut Victor Glover (right) happily snap a photo of themselves during a visit on Nov. 8, 2024. The employees are part of the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), which develops and operates the systems and facilities needed to process and launch rockets and spacecraft for … Read more

Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe – NASA

Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe – NASA

At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Supercomputers enable projects across diverse research, such as making discoveries about the Sun’s activity that affects technologies in space and life on Earth, building … Read more

Artemis II Astronauts Put Orion’s Side Hatch to the Test – NASA

Artemis II Astronauts Put Orion’s Side Hatch to the Test – NASA

Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen recently traveled to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the Moon. … Read more

NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment – NASA

NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment – NASA

NASA rolled out a key piece of space flight hardware for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, Aug. 21 for shipment to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter connects … Read more

Rescuers at the Ready at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center  – NASA

Rescuers at the Ready at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center  – NASA

If there’s an emergency at the launch pad during a launch countdown, there’s a special team engineers at Kennedy Space Center teams can call on – the Pad Rescue team. Trained to quickly rescue personnel at the launch pad and take them to safety in the event of an unlikely emergency, NASA’s Pad Rescue team at … Read more

NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out – NASA

NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out – NASA

To mark progress toward the first crewed flight test around the Moon in more than 50 years for the benefit of humanity, NASA will welcome media Wednesday, Aug. 21, to see a key adapter for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The cone-shaped launch vehicle … Read more

NASA Teams Change Brakes to Keep Artemis Crew Safe – NASA

NASA Teams Change Brakes to Keep Artemis Crew Safe – NASA

Recently, teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center met with engineering teams at a central Florida amusement park to share knowledge on a new braking system NASA is using for its launch pad emergency egress system for Artemis missions. “We have a new magnetic braking system for the … Read more

Artemis Emergency Egress System Emphasizes Crew Safety  – NASA

Artemis Emergency Egress System Emphasizes Crew Safety  – NASA

Since NASA began sending astronauts to space, the agency has relied on emergency systems for personnel to safely leave the launch pad and escape the hazard in the unlikely event of an emergency during the launch countdown.   During the Mercury and Gemini programs, NASA used launch escape systems on spacecraft for the crew to safely … Read more

Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy – NASA

Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy – NASA

Teams transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the Pegasus barge and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled. … Read more