Some satellites orbit in the same direction the planet rotates, which means they get a boost for their launch, but most have orbits where that isn’t ideal, and that creates some challenges for engineers.

On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Columbia disaster that killed seven crewmembers a little over two years earlier.



A few seconds after launching from...

Happy Birthday, Kennedy Space Center! On July 1, 1962, NASA established the Launch Operations Center — which was later renamed the Kennedy Space Center — on the east coast of Florida. After President John F. Kennedy famously said that...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature about some of the most capable machine on earth: NASA's space rockets.



Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or...

Dr. Forrester discusses the fact that population, culture, settlement patterns, economy, and politics influence the characteristics of places, specifically, Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center.

After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. What are Elon Musk's plans for the moon? What is the space conference like in...

After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. Bob Giffen explains the technology and the mindset it took to get man on the...

Soon to be operating from the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission will comprehensively measure the mineral composition of Earth’s mineral dust source regions to help...

After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. Interorbital Systems is redesigning the rocket and how private companies are imagining...

After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. The second space race has begun! Watch as Elon Musks Space X launches the Falcon 9 into...

The U.S. will send two astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil for the first time in 11 years in May.

OSIRIS-REx launched Thursday, September 8 at 7:05PM on an Atlas V rocket on a journey to study asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Thousands of visitors watched the launch, some of whom were part of a NASA...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and Kennedy Space Center in Florida joined teams and efforts to test new robotic refueling technologies that could help satellites live longer in space. During the test, a robotic arm...

NASA's latest New Frontiers mission, OSIRIS-REx, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold, processes that affect asteroids' orbital paths and their potential...

On September 8, 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. As the sun began to set over Cape Canaveral, OSIRIS-REx made a picture-perfect liftoff from pad 41 aboard an Atlas V rocket,...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and Kennedy Space Center in Florida are joining teams and efforts to test new robotic refueling technologies that could help satellites live longer in space. During the test, a robotic...

Apollo 11 was the spacecraft that successfully delivered Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon in 1969. Learn about the structure of the spaceship and details of the mission.

SpaceX's newly launched Dragon capsule arrived Monday at the International Space Station with four astronauts aboard. The station will be their home until the spring. 

Another piece of history tied to the now retired space shuttle fleet is making its last journey.

A convoy of giant flatbed trailers slowly began an eight-mile trip Monday carrying the biggest disassembled...

NASA's experimental Orion spacecraft left Florida by rocket and returned by truck.

The capsule arrived back at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thurs
day.
It rocketed into orbit Dec. 5, traveling 3,600 miles into...

HEADLINE (48 characters): Raw Video: Brush fire near shuttle launch site

CAPTION: (255 characters): A brush fire develops at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a smoky haze over launch pads. The space shuttle Endeavour is...

HEADLINE: Raw Video: Piggyback shuttle lands in Fla.

CAPTION: The space shuttle Atlantis has returned home after landing in California last month. Atlantis arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida sitting on top of a modified...

NASA says the Kennedy Space Center sustained "a variety of damage" from Hurricane Irma.

The center is without water service and is currently cl
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NASA says the Kennedy Space Center sustained "a variety of damage" from Hurricane Irma.

The center is without water service and is currently cl
osed.




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