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Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

The NICER payload, blanketed and waiting for launch in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space...

Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

Many of NICER’s 56 X-ray “concentrators” seen from within the instrument optical bench. Light reflected from the...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

Team KuuKulgur waits to begin the level one challenge during the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot...

Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

A NICER team member measures the focused optical power of each X-ray concentrator in a clean tent at NASA’s Goddard...

Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

NICER team members Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, and Steven Kenyon apply epoxy to the X-ray concentrator mounts after...

Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

NICER Optics Lead Takashi Okajima makes a fine adjustment to the orientation of one X-ray “concentrator” optic. The...

TDRS-L Pre-Launch Press Conference

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –During a news conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency and contractor...

PIA23967

The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover raises its "head," or remote sensing mast, at NASA's...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A new control tower is nearing completion at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. It will replace the old tower in use since 1987. The old tower stands only 20 feet above the runway surface, too low to see the launch pads to the east. During nighttime landing operations, those inside the tower have been hindered by the eight-billion candlepower xenon lights that illuminate the runway. The new control tower is built atop an existing mound, rising nearly 100 feet over the midpoint of the runway. The height gives controllers a spectacular 360-degree view of NASA-KSC and northern Brevard County. The new facility will also replace the SLF Operations Building. The operations building is home to the Military Radar Unit that monitors NASA-KSC airspace 24 hours a day, as well as runway light controls, navigational aids, weather and wind speed instrumentation, and gate controls. In the new tower, the computer displays will be fully modernized to Federal Aviation Administration standards with touch-screen technology. Construction on the new facility began in February 2003 and is nearly ready for occupancy. Only some final inspections and approvals remain. A support building and Public Affairs viewing deck, to be used for observing future landing operations, will be added and are already in work.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The existing control tower seen here at the edge of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility is being replaced. In use since 1987, the old tower stands only 20 feet above the runway surface, too low to see the launch pads to the east. During nighttime landing operations, those inside the tower have been hindered by the eight-billion candlepower xenon lights that illuminate the runway. The new control tower is built atop an existing mound, rising nearly 100 feet over the midpoint of the runway. The height gives controllers a spectacular 360-degree view of NASA-KSC and northern Brevard County. The new facility will also replace the SLF Operations Building. The operations building is home to the Military Radar Unit that monitors NASA-KSC airspace 24 hours a day, as well as runway light controls, navigational aids, weather and wind speed instrumentation, and gate controls. In the new tower, the computer displays will be fully modernized to Federal Aviation Administration standards with touch-screen technology. Construction on the new facility began in February 2003 and is nearly ready for occupancy. Only some final inspections and approvals remain. A support building and Public Affairs viewing deck, to be used for observing future landing operations, will be added and are already in work.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A new control tower is nearing completion at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. It will replace the old tower in use since 1987. The old tower stands only 20 feet above the runway surface, too low to see the launch pads to the east. During nighttime landing operations, those inside the tower have been hindered by the eight-billion candlepower xenon lights that illuminate the runway. The new control tower is built atop an existing mound, rising nearly 100 feet over the midpoint of the runway. The height gives controllers a spectacular 360-degree view of NASA-KSC and northern Brevard County. The new facility will also replace the SLF Operations Building. The operations building is home to the Military Radar Unit that monitors NASA-KSC airspace 24 hours a day, as well as runway light controls, navigational aids, weather and wind speed instrumentation, and gate controls. In the new tower, the computer displays will be fully modernized to Federal Aviation Administration standards with touch-screen technology. Construction on the new facility began in February 2003 and is nearly ready for occupancy. Only some final inspections and approvals remain. A support building and Public Affairs viewing deck, to be used for observing future landing operations, will be added and are already in work.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two control towers are seen at the edge of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the old one in front and the nearly completed new tower in back. The old tower stands only 20 feet above the runway surface, too low to see the launch pads to the east. During nighttime landing operations, those inside the tower have been hindered by the eight-billion candlepower xenon lights that illuminate the runway. The new control tower is built atop an existing mound, rising nearly 100 feet over the midpoint of the runway. The height gives controllers a spectacular 360-degree view of NASA-KSC and northern Brevard County. The new facility will also replace the SLF Operations Building. The operations building is home to the Military Radar Unit that monitors NASA-KSC airspace 24 hours a day, as well as runway light controls, navigational aids, weather and wind speed instrumentation, and gate controls. In the new tower, the computer displays will be fully modernized to Federal Aviation Administration standards with touch-screen technology. Construction on the new facility began in February 2003 and is nearly ready for occupancy. Only some final inspections and approvals remain. A support building and Public Affairs viewing deck, to be used for observing future landing operations, will be added and are already in work.

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

Twin Control Rooms at NASA Marshall Support Science, Mission Safety for Artemis

These photos offer a look inside the twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

Testing Space Lasers for Deep Space Optical Communications (Mission Overview)

How might lasers revolutionize deep space communications? NASA will test high-bandwidth laser (or optical)...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...

Twin Control Rooms at NASA Marshall Support Science, Mission Safety for Artemis

These photos offer a look inside the twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...

NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

These photos and videos show how NASA certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters in the...