View Rocket Launches & Meet Astronauts

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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At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, the nine engines of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roar to life in a brief static firing on Jan. 24, 2019. The test was part of checkouts prior to its liftoff for Demo-1, the inaugural flight of one of the spacecraft designed to take NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Rocket Launch: March 2, 2019 TBD | Commercial Crew SpaceX Demonstration Mission 1 (UNCREWED)

March 2, 2019 TBD Kennedy Space Center LC-39A See Details
Space shuttle astronauts James F. Buchli and Janet Kavandi are to be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

2019 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction

Apr 06, 2019 - Apr 06, 2019 Kennedy Space Center See Details
SpaceX Falcon 9 GPS III SV01 launch

Rocket Launch: NET Mid-February 2019 | SpaceX Falcon 9 Nusantara Satu

NET Mid-February 2019 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-40 See Details
Falcon Heavy launching

Rocket Launch: NET March 2019 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat 6A

NET March 2019 Kennedy Space Center LC-39A See Details
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