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Artemis I Mission Control Center

Learn the lingo used by NASA officials while communicating a rocket launch and more!


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The spring of 2022 has been full of milestone events in our space program.

Categories: Kennedy Space Center

An early morning scene at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39, with the space shuttle Columbia in position on Pad A at right. Launch for the STS-1 mission is set for April 10th with astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen aboard.

America returned to flight following the completion of the Apollo era missions, with the first launch of the Space Shuttle Program 40 years ago. The program pushed the boundaries of discovery and supported human spaceflight for 30 years.


The 9 astronaut that have flight assignments for the commercial crew program.

On August 3, 2018, NASA announced the first Commercial Crew Program flight assignments. Learn about these crews and the upcoming launches from America’s multi-user spaceport, Kennedy Space Center.


NASA Now 2017

NASA Now housed spacecraft representing programs integral to the future of American spaceflight such as NASA's Commercial Crew and deep space exploration with NASA's Space Launch System. Some of these spacecraft are actually space-flown! (Archival)