The new headquarters opened at the start of another new era in spaceflight as Kennedy ramps up for flights to the Moon, this time with the Artemis program. The 200,000-square-foot building is the hub of the center’s growing Central Campus, a symbol of Kennedy’s status as the nation’s premier, multi-user spaceport. Like the original building, the Central Campus Headquarters is the administrative center of all Kennedy activities, housing offices for center leadership, several directorates and programs, and shared services. The new facility opened in May 2019 with a variety of sustainability features and space for more than 500 NASA and contractor employees. It reads: “National Aeronautics and Space Administration – Kennedy Space Center Headquarters.” Kennedy Space Center’s new seven-story Central Campus Headquarters building opened in May 2019. In February, the refurbished sign was installed at the front entrance to Kennedy’s new, modern headquarters. At the time, the Florida spaceport was focused on Gemini, the program that paved the way for the Moon landings of Apollo. The sign originally marked the entrance to Kennedy’s first headquarters building, dating back to the facility’s completion in May 1965. Kennedy’s original headquarters was completed in May 1965. Photo credit: NASA/Glen BensonĮmployees and visitors entering the new Central Campus Headquarters building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be welcomed by a piece of history at the facility’s main door.
The refurbished sign from the original Headquarters building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is installed by the main entrance of the new Central Campus Headquarters, Feb. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface and establish a sustainable presence at the Moon to prepare for human missions to Mars. Once final checkouts are complete, the ICPS and Orion will part ways on the ground and be reunited in the Vehicle Assembly Building for integration onto the SLS rocket.Īrtemis I will be an integrated flight test of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft ahead of the crewed flights to the Moon. This is the first time since the shuttle program that two pieces of flight hardware have been processed inside this facility at the same time. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Bensonīuilt by United Launch Alliance and Boeing, the ICPS will be positioned above the core stage and will provide the power needed to give Orion the big push it needs to break out of Earth orbit on a precise trajectory toward the Moon during Artemis I. The interim cryogenic propulsion stage is in view inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility on Feb. The rocket stage and Orion will remain close during their journey to space. Both pieces of hardware will undergo fueling and servicing in the facility ahead of launch by teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and their primary contractor, Jacobs Technology. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) moved into the Multi-Payload Processing Facility February 18, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida alongside one of its flight partners for the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) moved into the Multi-Payload Processing Facility February 18, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Artemis I mission.
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