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One week ago – Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy. And here is a view you may not have seen! A drone captured Roman lifting off from Launch Complex 39A, showcasing the power, precision, and beauty of launch day. Designed to explore the mysteries of dark energy, exoplanets, and the structure of the universe, Roman will help us see the cosmos like never before. Claim your pixel when Roman captures its first images. Video courtesy: SpaceX
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.Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is GO for Launch! NASA and SpaceX mission teams polled “GO” during today's Launch Readiness Review. Liftoff of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeted for 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday Aug. 30 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy!
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🚀 ICYMI: NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off yesterday at 7:26 a.m. EDT aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A in Florida! Years of hard work and dedication from thousands of people all culminated in yesterday's liftoff, but for many, launch was just the beginning. Over the first five years of observations, Roman will image more than 50 times as much sky as Hubble covered in 30 years and perform surveys that would take Hubble hundreds or even thousands of years! Roman’s unprecedented observational capability will offer practically limitless opportunities for astronomers to explore a broad range of cosmic phenomena for years to come. 🛰 Stay connected to the mission by following Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope / NASA Goddard / NASA Universe for spacecraft updates!
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Welcome to NASA! Kennedy's newest civil servants were sworn in this week, marking an important milestone in their careers and for NASA. Their arrival supports Administrator Isaacman’s workforce directive to restore technical core competencies within the civil servants ranks and shape the next era of discovery.
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This is your #Artemis Moon Minute! The Artemis II astronauts got their first look of the Orion Spacecraft spacecraft that they will fly around the Moon. Training continues for the crew at @NASA_Johnson’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to prepare for splashdown. Back at Kennedy, the crew transport vehicles have arrived for ARCHIVED: NASA's Exploration Ground Systems teams to begin training to drive the astronauts on their final earth-bound journey before boarding the ARCHIVED: NASA_SLS rocket.
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🦅 Happy National Eagle Day! Today we celebrate with Kennedy’s resident family of bald eagles – two adults and two fuzzy eaglets – who spent this spring thriving in the wildlife refuge at America’s premier multi‑user spaceport. National Eagle Day is celebrated annually on June 20 to honor the bald eagle, the United States’ national symbol, and to promote its conservation.
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Welcome NASA’s newest civil servants to join Kennedy! The first phase of employees formerly from the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering, and Test (COMET) contract were sworn in on July 13. Their appointment marks an important step in advancing the NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's directive to rebuild and reinforce NASA's technical core competencies within our civil servant workforce.
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After departing NASA Goddard, NASA's Roman Space Telescope traveled to the Port of Baltimore in its specialized transport container, nicknamed “Chariot.” Technicians loaded it onto NASA’s Pegasus barge, where it journeyed down the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to its new home at Kennedy!
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 launched from Kennedy to the International Space Station earlier this year. As the World Cup kicks off today, see how the crew is using soccer balls at the orbiting laboratory for space exploration on and off the soccer field.
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Welcome to NASA’s newest employees! 🚀 This week, 138 new NASA civil servants were sworn in at Kennedy and Vandenberg Space Force Base to join NASA as part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s workforce initiative to strengthen core capabilities, support mission success, and enhance agility across the agency. We’re excited to welcome them to the NASA family as they help shape the missions ahead!
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🛰️🛰️🛰️Three deployments for the history books! Acquisition of Signal for all three spacecraft has been confirmed! IMAP, SWFO-L1, and Carruthers will orbit the Sun near Lagrange point 1, about one million miles from Earth. Thanks for following our launch coverage this morning! For updates on each mission: NASA Solar System for IMAP and Carruthers NOAA Satellites for SWFO-L1
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Getting up close and personal with the core stage ✨ The ARCHIVED: NASA_SLS core stage for NASA Artemis II has been moved into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building. The move allows engineers to have 360-access to the 212-foot-tall core stage as they prepare it for #Artemis II.
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🚀 Stacking of NASA's Moon rocket continues! NASAGroundSys teams have successfully completed stacking of the core stage, launch vehicle stage adapter, and interim cryogenic propulsion stage for NASA_SLS! Up next? The rocket will undergo testing ahead of Orion stacking for the NASAArtemis II mission.
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A very Florida welcome! 🐬 Earlier this week, we welcomed #Crew9 back to Earth after splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft were ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. They returned from t heir mission on International Space Station, where they completed important research and maintenance on the orbiting laboratory.
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How does NASA plan to use resources on the surface of the Moon? One method is the ISRU Pilot Excavator, or IPEx! Designed by Kennedy’s Swamp Works team, the primary goal of IPEx is to dig up lunar soil, known as regolith, and transport it across the Moon’s surface.
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🌊Sentinel-6B is designed to measure sea levels within about one inch across ~90% of the world’s ocean. This data will provide crucial information for state and local governments to make informed decisions about protecting coastal infrastructure, real estate, and energy sites!
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