This site contains information on Apollo-Saturn Launch Processing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), focusing primarily on its people. The site has already provided information for two new books on the subject by Jonathan Ward. “Rocket Ranch: The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kenne...
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NASA did not name which park in apress releaseissued on Friday (Aug. 9), but its launch pad atKennedy Space Center(KSC) near Orlando is less than an hour's drive from Walt Disney World Resort. "We have neighbors 50 miles [80 kilometers] from us in Orlando that are essentially the wo...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to launch the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Endeavour with theCrew-8 missionastronauts on Saturday at 11:16 p.m. EST from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launchpad 39A. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Rosco...
The world's first wooden satellite arrived at the International Space Station this week. See full article...
5. CRS-29 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida with 6,500 pounds (nearly 3,000 kg) of supplies, research and hardware. Should the mission go to plan, the Dragon spacecraft will then dock with the ISS on Thursday (Nov. 9) shortly...
Challenger was originally set to launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 2:42 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 22. However, delays suffered by the previous mission, STS-61-C, caused the launch date to be pushed back to January 23 and then to January 24. Launch ...
Florida's Atlantic beaches are forecast to have high surf up to 12 feet on Thursday. Wave height won't impact launch operations at KSC, but winds and damage from storm debris could. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are forecast for Wednesday evening on the Space Coast....
the espionage agency apparently has equal faith in SpaceX. Falcon 9 B1059, a new upper stage and payload fairing, and the unspecified NROL-108 payload(s) went vertical at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39A on December 16th – far too late for any WDR or static fire testing ...
This is the story of what went on during those hectic six months. Countdown to a Moon Launch provides an in-depth look at the carefully choreographed workflow for an Apollo mission at KSC. Using the Apollo 11 mission as an example, readers will learn what went on day by day to ...