Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | … h�bbd```b``Y"�A$C�d� ��L�`5~`� Independent Validation & Verification Facility, Argentina National Commission on Space Activities (CONAE), Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Brazil National Institute for Space Research, ONERA - French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France, CNES - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France, German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), National Space Development Agency of Japan, NLR - National Aerospace Laboratory, Netherlands, SRON - Space Research Organization, Netherlands, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, US Commerce Dept Office of Air and Space Commercialization, Merritt Island Spaceflight Tracking Station (MILA), Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (Australia), ESA's Villafranca Satelite Tracking Station, NASA answers to Frequently Asked Questions, NASA Scientific and Technical Information, Central Operations of Resources for Educators, SPACE Frequently Asked Questions - FAQS.ORG, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Association for the Advancement of Science Home Server, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, NASA Center of Research and Training on Bioregenerative Life Support, Science and Technology search on Links to Go, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company. NASA also funded CCAFS launch pad maintenance and launch vehicle improvements. Hypergolic Maintenance Facility (HMF) to United Paradyne Corporation (UPC), Launch Complex 39: Pad B Historic District, Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Disassembly and Refurbishment Complex Historic District, NASA KSC Railroad System Historic District, NASA-owned Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Industrial Area Historic District, Middleton, Sallie. The shuttle program experienced five main engine shutdowns at LC-39, all within four seconds before launch; and one Abort to Orbit, STS-51-F on July 29, 1985. The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center) is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers.Since December 1968, the KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight. NASA Headquarters. Johnson Space Center. Approximately 2,100 are employees of the federal government; the rest are contractors. NASA | Non-NASA, Curator: Kay Grinter ( kay.grinter@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov Though almost all robotics missions launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), KSC "oversaw the final assembly and testing of rockets as they arrived at the Cape. Payload processing handled by private firms also started to occur outside of KSC. "[7] In 1965, KSC's Unmanned Launch Operations directorate became responsible all NASA uncrewed launch operations, including those at Vandenberg Air Force Base. 299 0 obj <>stream Several rockets on display in the center were toppled. RTV Room-temperature vulcanizing. After 24 successful shuttle flights, Challenger was torn apart 73 seconds after the launch of STS-51-L on January 28, 1986; the first shuttle launch from Pad 39B and the first U.S. crewed launch failure, killing the seven crew members. In December 1959, the Department of Defense transferred 5,000 personnel and the Missile Firing Laboratory to NASA to become the Launch Operations Directorate under NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.