Tag: Kennedy Space Center

Apollo 13 Team Believes Mission Guided by ‘Divine Providence’

Apollo 13 Team Believes Mission Guided by ‘Divine Providence’

In the moments following Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell’s report, “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” things happened fast. Lovell and his crewmates, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, worked with the team in Mission Control to sort out the issues facing the mission. But, key members of that effort believe they also were aided by a Higher Power.

Apollo 13 Mission Remembered as ‘NASA’s Finest Hour’

Apollo 13 Mission Remembered as ‘NASA’s Finest Hour’

What was to have been America’s third lunar landing in April 1970, became a struggle to safely return the crew after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the crew’s spacecraft. During a reunion of key players involved in the Apollo 13 mission, they recalled what has been termed “NASA’s finest hour.”

NASA’s Artemis Moon Program Honored with Musical Production

NASA’s Artemis Moon Program Honored with Musical Production

In Greek mythology, Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo. Artemis now is the name of NASA’s program to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024. In honor of Women’s History Month, musician Lindsey Stirling performed her composition, “Artemis,” on the roof of the Launch Control Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center.

Historic Hangar S was America’s Cradle of Human Space Exploration

Historic Hangar S was America’s Cradle of Human Space Exploration

During America’s first human spaceflight program, the eyes of the world often focused on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. As the nation’s Project Mercury astronauts were taking their pioneering steps into space, a centerpiece facility in this effort for astronaut training, crew quarters and spacecraft processing was Hangar S at the Cape.

Resupply Spacecraft Named for First African American Astronaut

Resupply Spacecraft Named for First African American Astronaut

On Feb. 15, 2020, a Northrop Grumman spacecraft was launched atop an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus capsule, christened the “S.S. Robert H. Lawrence,” will deliver more than 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. The name honors the first African American to be selected as an astronaut.

Shuttle Endeavour Joined NASA’s Fleet with ‘Spectacular’ First Flight

Shuttle Endeavour Joined NASA’s Fleet with ‘Spectacular’ First Flight

NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour first arrived at her home spaceport, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, on May 7, 1991. Following exactly one year of completing assembly, rigorous tests and processing, the newest orbiter “set sail”into the skies over the Atlantic Ocean. The maiden voyage marked one of the most dramatic examples of the value of humans in spaceflight.

Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight

Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight

During the summer of 1965, the United States began to pull even in the space race with the Soviet Union. The eight-day Gemini V endurance mission doubled America’s spaceflight record set two months earlier. It also tested technology that would help make longer missions possible in the future.

Enhanced Apollo/Saturn V Center Takes Visitors Back to 1969

Enhanced Apollo/Saturn V Center Takes Visitors Back to 1969

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex captures the excitement of the historic lunar landing in their revamped Apollo/Saturn V Center. This feature will focus on the new exhibits at that facility that includes a 1969 period living room recreating what life was like a half-century ago.