VAB from far away

Sunrise behind the countdown clock

Sunrise lights up the VAB

Human Spaceflight is Returning to American Soil

Scale models of SpaceX's Dragon, and Boeing's Starliner signify the soon return of human spaceflight to America.

Door to the Space Station Processing Facility SSPF

The SSPF is located in the KSC industrial area, just east of the Operations and Checkout Building. It was built for the processing of the International Space Station flight hardware. The three-story SSPF, a 457,000 square foot building, includes two processing bays, an airlock, operational control rooms, laboratories, logistics areas, office space, and a cafeteria. The processing areas, airlock, and laboratories were designed to support non-hazardous Station and Shuttle payloads in 100,000 class clean work areas.

Advances in VEGGIE

The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a deployable plant growth unit capable of producing salad-type crops to provide ISS crews with a nutritious source of fresh food. The Veggie provides lighting and nutrient delivery, but utilizes the cabin environment for temperature control and as a source of carbon dioxide to promote growth.

VEGGIE

The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a deployable plant growth unit capable of producing salad-type crops to provide ISS crews with a nutritious source of fresh food. The Veggie provides lighting and nutrient delivery, but utilizes the cabin environment for temperature control and as a source of carbon dioxide to promote growth.

DO NOT DROP

This mysterious package in the SSPF seems important...

Limited Area

Important signage at the SSPF

RAFFAELLO Module at SSPF

The three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, or MPLMs, which were built by the Italian Space Agency, are pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle.

DONATELLO Multi-Purpose Module

The three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, or MPLMs, which were built by the Italian Space Agency, are pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle.

DONATELLO Multi-Purpose Module

The three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, or MPLMs, which were built by the Italian Space Agency, are pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle.

Sneak peak at Orion under construction

NASA News Center

Lilly Experiments going to ISS

Michael Hickey, Kristofer Gonzalez-DeWhitt and Rosamund Smith, researchers Eli Lilly and Company Research Labs, discuss science headed to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Dragon resupply vehicle during the CRS-8 Science Briefing.

NASA and Bigelow present BEAM

Jason Crusan, director, NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems Division, and Robert Bigelow, president of Bigelow Aerospace, discuss BEAM and future expandable modules from Bigelow Aerospace.