Upcoming Events at Kennedy Space Center

Launches & Events

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View Rocket Launches & Be Inspired

Come face-to-face with space during special events at Kennedy Space Center. Visitors can watch rockets blast off, meet astronauts and celebrate holidays in space, just to name a few. Make space in your travels for unique and inspiring experiences during your Florida vacation.

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Rocket Launches

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Featured Events

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company

Rocket Launch: April 22, 2021 6:11 AM ET | SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-2

Apr 22, 2021 06:11 AM Kennedy Space Center 39A

In the second crew launch, four astronauts will launch aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. Learn more about this milestone launch.

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Young girl uses a Virtual Reality headset to walk on Mars.

Astronaut Training Experience

May 01, 2021 09:30 AM Astronaut Training Experience® Center - Exploring with Lockheed Martin

In Astronaut Training Experience^® (ATX), train to live and work on Mars through exciting and immersive simulation technology. Join your crew of future space explorers.

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Boeing CST-100 Starliner in space conceptual art

Rocket Launch: TBD | ULA Atlas V Boeing CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (UNCREWED)

TBD Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41

United Launch Alliance will send the Boeing Starliner spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket in an uncrewed test flight. This launch is the next step for Boeing before they can launch humans from the Space Coast of Florida.

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his illustration shows the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter.

Rocket Launch: NET October 16, 2021 TBA | ULA Atlas V Lucy Mission

Oct 16, 2021 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SLC-41

Witness the launch of the first mission to the Trojan Asteroids. The spacecraft Lucy’s 12-year journey to 8 different asteroids starts with its launch from America's Multi-User Spaceport.

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On April 12, 1981 launch, from Pad 39A, space shuttle Columbia carried astronaut John Young and Robert Crippen on the first space shuttle mission.

40^th Anniversary of STS-1

Honor the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program. From April 12 through 15, visit Space Shuttle Atlantis ^® to learn more about the program that returned America to flight after completing the Apollo-era missions. On the ground floor, view astronauts Bob Crippen and John Young's flight suits, the crew of the STS-1 mission. As you view these artifacts, hear stories about these pioneering astronauts and their historical mission.

RETURN TO THE MOON

Go behind NASA’s gates to the Apollo/Saturn V Center again. Learn more about how you can add this one-of-a-kind attraction to your day with the new transportation reservation process which has been developed with your health and safety in mind.

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