No SLS-Orion, No Need for KSC, Director Says

by Irene Klotz — May 14, 2014

Without NASA’s planned heavy-lift SLS and Orion, the center has no reason to exist, director Bob Cabana said.

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Orion Capsule Completes Vibration Testing at Kennedy

by SpaceNews Editor — May 5, 2014

Passing vibration testing brings Orion one step closer to its uncrewed debut flight in December.

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Kennedy To Succeed Swanson at Raytheon

by Mike Gruss — January 15, 2014

Tom Kennedy will succeed Raytheon Co.’s longtime chief executive, William Swanson.

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Profile | Garrett Lee Skrobot, Mission Manager, Educational Launch of Nanosatellites, NASA Kennedy Space Center

by Debra Werner — August 26, 2013

Garrett Skrobot is considered a hero in the cubesat community.

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NASA Developing Prototype Asteroid-mapping Radar at KSC

by Irene Klotz — July 1, 2013

The Ka-Band Objects Observation and Monitoring Project, nicknamed KaBoom, is built around a collection of small radar dishes transmitting in the high-frequency Ka-band region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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KSC ‘Swamp Works’ Creating, Spinning off Tools for Exploration

by Irene Klotz — June 3, 2013

Modeled after Lockheed Martin’s famed Skunk Works research and development center, the Florida group chose a name suited to its environment: Swamp Works.

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Two New Tenants Move into NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

by SpaceNews Editor — May 27, 2013

United Paradyne will take over maintenance and operations of the spaceport’s Hypergolic Maintenance Facility.

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NASA Efforts To Revamp KSC Get $20 Million Boost from Florida

by Irene Klotz — May 23, 2013

In its quest to downsize the KSC, NASA has found a friend in Florida, which intends to spend $20 million over the next year to help shift shuttle-era facilities into private sector hands.

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VIDEO | Shuttle Atlantis Unwrapped & Revealed at Kennedy Visitor Center

by SpaceNews Editor — May 2, 2013

Telesat said it expects to sign a contract for a satellite to replace the Telstar 12 spacecraft at 15 degrees west by August.

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New Tenant Moves into KSC’s Space Station Processing Facility

by Irene Klotz — April 29, 2013

Micro Aerospace Solutions' lease of office space and lab facilities at Kennedy’s largely empty Space Station Processing Facility may be a harbinger of things to come.

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Abort Motor for 1st NASA Orion Capsule Arrives at Kennedy

by Dan Leone — February 21, 2013

The motor is designed to whisk Orion and its crew to safety if needbe.

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VIDEO | Atlas 5 Launch Seen from Roof at KSC

by SpaceNews Staff — December 13, 2012

The committee’s incoming chairman announced the names of the 21 Republicans who will help him oversee the U.S. space program and other science and technology matters when the 113th Congress convenes in January.

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VIDEO | Space Shuttle Atlantis Departs Kennedy Space Center

by SpaceNews Staff — November 2, 2012

Space Shuttle Atlantis, the final orbiter to be retired, departed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center by road Nov 2 headed south for a signing ceremony. Atlantis was bound for the KSC Visitor Center to be permanently displayed in a $100 million exhi…

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Space Florida Secures Loan for KSC Visitor Complex

by SpaceNews Staff — October 1, 2012

Space Florida, the state’s arm for aerospace-related economic development, said Sept. 24 that it had closed on a $62.5 million credit facility with Bank of America to support construction of the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex.

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Florida Taking Steps To Carve Commercial Spaceport out of KSC

by Irene Klotz — September 27, 2012

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida unveiled a multifaceted legal and regulatory strategy for acquiring selected Kennedy Space Center (KSC) lands and facilities no longer needed by NASA to create Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a proposed commercial state-owned complex.

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